Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... fight of a paper of his verses , in the hands of Doctor Lancafter then Dean of that house , occafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe ...
... fight of a paper of his verses , in the hands of Doctor Lancafter then Dean of that house , occafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe ...
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... of criticism , which convinces at firft fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a diftance . If VOL . I. a the ET PATRIE the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there The PREFACE . xvii.
... of criticism , which convinces at firft fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a diftance . If VOL . I. a the ET PATRIE the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there The PREFACE . xvii.
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... fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem , by bestowing on the author , in a few days after , the place of Commiffioner of appeals , vacant by the removal of ...
... fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem , by bestowing on the author , in a few days after , the place of Commiffioner of appeals , vacant by the removal of ...
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... fight ; If in the stage I feek to footh my care , I meet his foul which breathes in Cato there ; If penfive to the rural fhades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of juft and good he reafon'd strong ...
... fight ; If in the stage I feek to footh my care , I meet his foul which breathes in Cato there ; If penfive to the rural fhades I rove , His shape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of juft and good he reafon'd strong ...
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... fight , Engag'd in tented fields , and rolling floods , Or flaught'ring mortals , or a match for gods . 1 And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring doom , Some mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like ...
... fight , Engag'd in tented fields , and rolling floods , Or flaught'ring mortals , or a match for gods . 1 And here , perhaps , by fate's unerring doom , Some mighty bard lies hid in years to come , That shall in WILLIAM'S God - like ...
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