Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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Page ix
... too weighty for him ; and ren- dered him still the more worthy of that honour , which they made him decline . It is happy that this very cir- cumstance cumftance has fince turned fo much to the advantage of The PREFACE . ix.
... too weighty for him ; and ren- dered him still the more worthy of that honour , which they made him decline . It is happy that this very cir- cumstance cumftance has fince turned fo much to the advantage of The PREFACE . ix.
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... still out - fhines the bright Original . Now Ovid boafts th ' Advantage of thy Song , And tells his Story in the British tongue ; Thy charming Verfe , and fair Tranflations , fhow How thy own Laurel firft began to grow : How wild Lycaon ...
... still out - fhines the bright Original . Now Ovid boafts th ' Advantage of thy Song , And tells his Story in the British tongue ; Thy charming Verfe , and fair Tranflations , fhow How thy own Laurel firft began to grow : How wild Lycaon ...
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... Still they remember that Deftructive rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in Smoke and Fire ; The Waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , And Planks , and Arms , and Men ...
... Still they remember that Deftructive rage Which lately made their trembling host retire , Stunn'd with the noise , and wrapt in Smoke and Fire ; The Waves with wide unnumber'd wrecks were ftrow'd , And Planks , and Arms , and Men ...
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... still in fight . Oh , did our British Peers thus court Renown , And grace the Coats their great Fore - fathers won ! Our arms wou'd then triumphantly advance , Nor Henry be the last that conquer'd France . What might not England hope ...
... still in fight . Oh , did our British Peers thus court Renown , And grace the Coats their great Fore - fathers won ! Our arms wou'd then triumphantly advance , Nor Henry be the last that conquer'd France . What might not England hope ...
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... still wounds each British Ear : Each British Heart MARIA ftill does wound , And Tears burst out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing Mirth destroys , Darkens our Triumphs , and forbids our Joys . But fee , at length , the ...
... still wounds each British Ear : Each British Heart MARIA ftill does wound , And Tears burst out unbidden at the found ; MARIA ftill our rifing Mirth destroys , Darkens our Triumphs , and forbids our Joys . But fee , at length , the ...
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