Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And 'O Mr Dryden, page.
... Perfius to inform our isle In fmoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . B 2 Thy Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And 'O Mr Dryden, page.
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Joseph Addison. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
Joseph Addison. Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Ovid boasts the advantage of thy song , And tells his story in the British tongue ; Thy charming verse , and fair translations , show ...
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... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes ; and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft coaft ...
... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with afhes ; and the earth with smoke Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft coaft ...
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... light'ning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire [ retire . Amidft a thousand fhips , and made all Greece But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames difperft on ev'ry shore ? Who can describe the ...
... light'ning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire [ retire . Amidft a thousand fhips , and made all Greece But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames difperft on ev'ry shore ? Who can describe the ...
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... light . But stop , my Muse , th ' ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA still our rifing mirth destroys ...
... light . But stop , my Muse , th ' ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA still our rifing mirth destroys ...
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