Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... fhall conclude what I had to fay on this performance , by observing , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies was fo urgent , that their price rofe to four or five times the original value , before it ...
... fhall conclude what I had to fay on this performance , by observing , that the fame of it increased from year to year , and the demand for copies was fo urgent , that their price rofe to four or five times the original value , before it ...
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... the year 17.09 . As I have propofed to touch but very lightly on thofe parts of his life , which do not regard him as an Author , I fhall not enlarge upon the the great reputation he acquired by his turn to business xvi The PREFACE .
... the year 17.09 . As I have propofed to touch but very lightly on thofe parts of his life , which do not regard him as an Author , I fhall not enlarge upon the the great reputation he acquired by his turn to business xvi The PREFACE .
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... fhall want all the patience of the reader for hav- ing enlarged it with the following ver- fes . To the RIGHT HONOURABLE the EARL of WARWICK , & c . I F , dumb too long , the drooping Muse bath stay'd , And left her debt to Addison ...
... fhall want all the patience of the reader for hav- ing enlarged it with the following ver- fes . To the RIGHT HONOURABLE the EARL of WARWICK , & c . I F , dumb too long , the drooping Muse bath stay'd , And left her debt to Addison ...
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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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Joseph Addison. That fhall in WILLIAM's God - like Acts engage , And with his Battles warm a Future age , Hibernian fields fhall here thy Conquefts fhow , And Boyn be Sung , when it has ceas'd to Flow ; Here Gallic labours fhall advance ...
Joseph Addison. That fhall in WILLIAM's God - like Acts engage , And with his Battles warm a Future age , Hibernian fields fhall here thy Conquefts fhow , And Boyn be Sung , when it has ceas'd to Flow ; Here Gallic labours fhall advance ...
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