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Page 30
... some of the neigh- bouring iflands ; and the poem opened under the water , with a defcription of the court of Neptune . That couplet on the circulation of the blood , which I afterwards inferted in the Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to ...
... some of the neigh- bouring iflands ; and the poem opened under the water , with a defcription of the court of Neptune . That couplet on the circulation of the blood , which I afterwards inferted in the Dunciad , " As man's meanders , to ...
Page 68
... Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the wat'ry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . ' TO BE content's his natural defire , He asks ...
... Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier island in the wat'ry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . ' TO BE content's his natural defire , He asks ...
Page 192
... Some black - foul'd Fiend , fome Fury ris'n from hell Has darken'd all difcernment . Thro ' night's eye Saw the pale murderer stalk ! MEROPE . Ibid . Some hint's officious reach had touch'd her ear . One is furprized that fuch a writer ...
... Some black - foul'd Fiend , fome Fury ris'n from hell Has darken'd all difcernment . Thro ' night's eye Saw the pale murderer stalk ! MEROPE . Ibid . Some hint's officious reach had touch'd her ear . One is furprized that fuch a writer ...
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