Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... body's memory , with what ap- plaufe it was received by the public ; that the firft run of it lafted for a month ; and then flopped , only be- cause one of the performers became incapable of acting a principal part . The author received ...
... body's memory , with what ap- plaufe it was received by the public ; that the firft run of it lafted for a month ; and then flopped , only be- cause one of the performers became incapable of acting a principal part . The author received ...
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... bodies lodge a mighty foul : Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow , " Till fhameful flight fecures the routed foe , This hot difpute and all this mighty fray A little duft flung upward will allay . But But when both kings are fettled ...
... bodies lodge a mighty foul : Each obftinate in arms pursues his blow , " Till fhameful flight fecures the routed foe , This hot difpute and all this mighty fray A little duft flung upward will allay . But But when both kings are fettled ...
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... bodies to a faithless sky , But make small journeys , with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighb'ring spring ; And left their airy bodies fhould be cast In reftlefs whirls , the sport of ev'ry blast , They carry ftones to poife ...
... bodies to a faithless sky , But make small journeys , with a careful wing , And fly to water at a neighb'ring spring ; And left their airy bodies fhould be cast In reftlefs whirls , the sport of ev'ry blast , They carry ftones to poife ...
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... body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the Bee at length appears ; From every fide the fruitful carcase pours Its fwarming brood , as thick as fummer - fhow'rs , Or flights of ...
... body up , and learns to rife ; Now bending thighs and gilded wings it wears Full grown , and all the Bee at length appears ; From every fide the fruitful carcase pours Its fwarming brood , as thick as fummer - fhow'rs , Or flights of ...
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... . When vanquish'd foes beneath us lie , How great it is to bid them Die ! But how much greater to forgive , And bid a vanquish'd foe to Live ! [ Exeunt with the Body . SCENE SCENE VII . Sir TRUSTY in a Fright . breathless 122 ROSAMOND ,
... . When vanquish'd foes beneath us lie , How great it is to bid them Die ! But how much greater to forgive , And bid a vanquish'd foe to Live ! [ Exeunt with the Body . SCENE SCENE VII . Sir TRUSTY in a Fright . breathless 122 ROSAMOND ,
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