Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Hands of Dr. Lancafter then Dean of that Houfe , oc- cafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his firft years in the ftudy of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of ...
... Hands of Dr. Lancafter then Dean of that Houfe , oc- cafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his firft years in the ftudy of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language and manner he caught at that time of ...
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... hand . Such a faying would have been impertinent and unworthy Boileau , whofe difpute with Perrault turned chiefly upon fome paffages in the ancients , which he rescued from the mif - interpretations of his ad- verfary . The true and ...
... hand . Such a faying would have been impertinent and unworthy Boileau , whofe difpute with Perrault turned chiefly upon fome paffages in the ancients , which he rescued from the mif - interpretations of his ad- verfary . The true and ...
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... hand those Tatlers , which are inferted in this editi- on , and even to point out feveral , in the writing of which they both were concerned . The plan of the Spectator , as far as it regards the feigned perfon of the Author , Author ...
... hand those Tatlers , which are inferted in this editi- on , and even to point out feveral , in the writing of which they both were concerned . The plan of the Spectator , as far as it regards the feigned perfon of the Author , Author ...
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... Hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his Fire Amidst a thousand Ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British Triumphs o'er , And count the Flames difperst on ev'ry Shore ? Who can defcribe the scatter'd Victory ...
... Hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his Fire Amidst a thousand Ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British Triumphs o'er , And count the Flames difperst on ev'ry Shore ? Who can defcribe the scatter'd Victory ...
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... hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her funny fhores , With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud Oppreffion in her valleys reigns ...
... hand ! But what avail her unexhausted stores , Her blooming mountains , and her funny fhores , With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart , The smiles of nature , and the charms of art , While proud Oppreffion in her valleys reigns ...
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