Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... line as it now ftands . The work was performed by him in his travels , and retouched in England , without any formed refolution of bringing it upon the Stage , ' till his friends of the first quality and diftinction prevailed with him ...
... line as it now ftands . The work was performed by him in his travels , and retouched in England , without any formed refolution of bringing it upon the Stage , ' till his friends of the first quality and diftinction prevailed with him ...
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... lines have heighten'd Virgil's Majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in Thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother Numbers , and a clearer Style ; And And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his To Mr. DRYDEN. ...
... lines have heighten'd Virgil's Majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in Thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother Numbers , and a clearer Style ; And And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his To Mr. DRYDEN. ...
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... trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the Foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . C 2 O that fome Muse , renown'd for Lofty , verse Poems on feveral Occafions . 7.
... trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the Foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . C 2 O that fome Muse , renown'd for Lofty , verse Poems on feveral Occafions . 7.
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... Line of battle boaft , The Winds cou'd hardly drive ' em to their Fate , And all the Ocean labour'd with the weight . Where - e'er the Waves in restlefs errors roll , The Sea lies open now to either Pole : Now may we fafely use the ...
... Line of battle boaft , The Winds cou'd hardly drive ' em to their Fate , And all the Ocean labour'd with the weight . Where - e'er the Waves in restlefs errors roll , The Sea lies open now to either Pole : Now may we fafely use the ...
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... with Arch - angel copes in fight ! When great Meffiah's out - fpread banner fhines ,. How does the chariot rattle in his lines ! D. 5 What • What found of brazen wheels , what thunder , Poems on feveral Occafions . 37.
... with Arch - angel copes in fight ! When great Meffiah's out - fpread banner fhines ,. How does the chariot rattle in his lines ! D. 5 What • What found of brazen wheels , what thunder , Poems on feveral Occafions . 37.
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