The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 2J. Moore, 1793 - English poetry |
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... must remain . Tis not to force fome lifelefs verfes meet With their five gouty feet . All , every where , like man's , must be the foul , And Reafon the inferior powers control . Such were the numbers which could call The ftones into ...
... must remain . Tis not to force fome lifelefs verfes meet With their five gouty feet . All , every where , like man's , must be the foul , And Reafon the inferior powers control . Such were the numbers which could call The ftones into ...
Page 23
... must write the pofy there ; For it wanteth one as yet , Tho ' the fun pafs thro ' ' t twice a year ; The fun , who is elteem'd the god of wit . Happy the hands which wear thy facred rings , They'll teach thofe hands to write mysterious ...
... must write the pofy there ; For it wanteth one as yet , Tho ' the fun pafs thro ' ' t twice a year ; The fun , who is elteem'd the god of wit . Happy the hands which wear thy facred rings , They'll teach thofe hands to write mysterious ...
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... must have places , and the kingdom fway ; The king muft be a ward to your lord Say . Your innocent Speaker to the Rolls must rife ; Six thousand pound hath made him proud and wife . Kimbolton for his father's place doth call , Would be ...
... must have places , and the kingdom fway ; The king muft be a ward to your lord Say . Your innocent Speaker to the Rolls must rife ; Six thousand pound hath made him proud and wife . Kimbolton for his father's place doth call , Would be ...
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... must not be , Whilft my great mirefs I fo humbly fee In all her various glories ) now I dare Ev'n with the proudeft palaces compare . My beauty and convenience will , I'm sure , So just a boat with modefty endure ; And all must to me ...
... must not be , Whilft my great mirefs I fo humbly fee In all her various glories ) now I dare Ev'n with the proudeft palaces compare . My beauty and convenience will , I'm sure , So just a boat with modefty endure ; And all must to me ...
Page 55
... Must not from others ' work a copy take ; No , not from Rubens or Vandyke ; Much lefs content himself to make it like Th ' ideas and the images which lie In his own fancy or his memory . No , he before his fight must place The natural ...
... Must not from others ' work a copy take ; No , not from Rubens or Vandyke ; Much lefs content himself to make it like Th ' ideas and the images which lie In his own fancy or his memory . No , he before his fight must place The natural ...
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