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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... truth , were fo beggarly , that I myself was afhamed to wear them . It was in vain for me , that I avoided cenfure by the concealment of my own writings , if my reputation could be thus executed in effigie ; and impoffible it is for any ...
... truth , were fo beggarly , that I myself was afhamed to wear them . It was in vain for me , that I avoided cenfure by the concealment of my own writings , if my reputation could be thus executed in effigie ; and impoffible it is for any ...
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... truth , affrights his mind . Why doft thou vex him , Love ? Could't thou but fee , Thou would't thyfelf Philetus ' rival be . Philocrates , pitying his doleful moan , And wounded with the forrows of his friend , Brings him to fair ...
... truth , affrights his mind . Why doft thou vex him , Love ? Could't thou but fee , Thou would't thyfelf Philetus ' rival be . Philocrates , pitying his doleful moan , And wounded with the forrows of his friend , Brings him to fair ...
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... truth and fiction bind . Thou in those beaten paths difdain'ft to tread , And scorn'ft to live by robbing of the dead . Since time does all things change , thou think st not fit This latter age fhould fee all new but wit ; Thy fancy ...
... truth and fiction bind . Thou in those beaten paths difdain'ft to tread , And scorn'ft to live by robbing of the dead . Since time does all things change , thou think st not fit This latter age fhould fee all new but wit ; Thy fancy ...
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... truth , and verity . He whines , and fighs - out lyes with fo much ruth , As if he griev'd ' caufe he could ne'er fpeak truth . Lyes have poffefs'd the prefs fo , as their due , " Twill fearce , I fear , henceforth print Bibles true ...
... truth , and verity . He whines , and fighs - out lyes with fo much ruth , As if he griev'd ' caufe he could ne'er fpeak truth . Lyes have poffefs'd the prefs fo , as their due , " Twill fearce , I fear , henceforth print Bibles true ...
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... Truth in Truth's own book , The creatures -- which by God himself was writ ; And wifely thought ' twas fit , But on th ' eriginal itfelf to look . Not to read comments only upon it , Methinks in Art's great circle others fland Lock'd ...
... Truth in Truth's own book , The creatures -- which by God himself was writ ; And wifely thought ' twas fit , But on th ' eriginal itfelf to look . Not to read comments only upon it , Methinks in Art's great circle others fland Lock'd ...
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