Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Page xiv
... Some time before the date of this let- ter , Mr. Addifon had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he was pitched upon to attend the army under Prince Eugene , who had just begun the war in ...
... Some time before the date of this let- ter , Mr. Addifon had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he was pitched upon to attend the army under Prince Eugene , who had just begun the war in ...
Page xxiv
... Some account has been already given of the former , to which nothing is now to be added , except that a great part of the Latin quotations were rendred into English , in a very hafty manner , by the Edi- tor , and one of his friends ...
... Some account has been already given of the former , to which nothing is now to be added , except that a great part of the Latin quotations were rendred into English , in a very hafty manner , by the Edi- tor , and one of his friends ...
Page xxxi
... some serious song ; There patient how'd us the wife course to fleer , A candid cenfor , and a friend fevere ; There taught us how to live ; and ( ob ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die . Thou Hill , whofe brow the ...
... some serious song ; There patient how'd us the wife course to fleer , A candid cenfor , and a friend fevere ; There taught us how to live ; and ( ob ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die . Thou Hill , whofe brow the ...
Page xxxii
... Some refuge in the muse's art I found ; Reluctant now I touch the trembling firing , Bereft of him , who taught me how to fing , And thefe fad accents , murmur'd o'er his ura , Betray that abfence , they attempt to mourn . Oh ! must I ...
... Some refuge in the muse's art I found ; Reluctant now I touch the trembling firing , Bereft of him , who taught me how to fing , And thefe fad accents , murmur'd o'er his ura , Betray that abfence , they attempt to mourn . Oh ! must I ...
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... Or flaught'ring Mortals , or a Match for Gods . And here , perhaps , by Fate's unerring doom , Some Mighty Bard lies hid in years to come , That That fhall in WILLIAM's God - like Acts engage , 8 Poems on feveral Occafions .
... Or flaught'ring Mortals , or a Match for Gods . And here , perhaps , by Fate's unerring doom , Some Mighty Bard lies hid in years to come , That That fhall in WILLIAM's God - like Acts engage , 8 Poems on feveral Occafions .
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