The Beauties of English Poesy, Volume 2Oliver Goldsmith James Williams, 1771 - English poetry |
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... cause and cure explore . Not fhort Heav'n's bounty ; boundless our expence ; No niggard , Nature ; men are prodigals . We waste , not use our time ; we breathe , not live . Time wafted is exiftence ; us'd , is life . And bare existence ...
... cause and cure explore . Not fhort Heav'n's bounty ; boundless our expence ; No niggard , Nature ; men are prodigals . We waste , not use our time ; we breathe , not live . Time wafted is exiftence ; us'd , is life . And bare existence ...
Page 179
... cause another day ; And so she did , and then a third ; She heard it - there fhe kept her word : But with rejoinders and replies , Long bills , and answers stuff'd with lies , Demur , imparlance , and effsoign , The parties ne'er could ...
... cause another day ; And so she did , and then a third ; She heard it - there fhe kept her word : But with rejoinders and replies , Long bills , and answers stuff'd with lies , Demur , imparlance , and effsoign , The parties ne'er could ...
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... cause this work Between the German and the Turk : And both , as they provifions want , Chicane , avoid , retire , and faint . Hunger and thirft , or guns and fwords . Give the fame death in diff'rent words . To push this argument no ...
... cause this work Between the German and the Turk : And both , as they provifions want , Chicane , avoid , retire , and faint . Hunger and thirft , or guns and fwords . Give the fame death in diff'rent words . To push this argument no ...
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Palemon and Lavinia | 13 |
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