The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 5J. Moore, 1800 - English poetry |
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... please the fair And now the Gods , in pity to the cares , The fierce defires , diftractions , and despairs Of tortur'd men , while beauty was confin'd , Refolv'd to multiply the charming kind . Greece was the land where this bright race ...
... please the fair And now the Gods , in pity to the cares , The fierce defires , diftractions , and despairs Of tortur'd men , while beauty was confin'd , Refolv'd to multiply the charming kind . Greece was the land where this bright race ...
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... please . Thofe lips for fmiling were defign'd ; That bofom to be preft ; Your eyes to languish , and look kind ; For amorous arms , your waift . Each thing has its appointed right , Establish'd by the Pow`rs above , The fun to give us ...
... please . Thofe lips for fmiling were defign'd ; That bofom to be preft ; Your eyes to languish , and look kind ; For amorous arms , your waift . Each thing has its appointed right , Establish'd by the Pow`rs above , The fun to give us ...
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... please , is all the task , But the harp critic will inftruction afk . ( 2 ) As veils tranfparent cover , but not hide , Such metaphors appear when right apply'd ; When thro ' the phrafe we plainly fee the fenfe , Truth , where the ...
... please , is all the task , But the harp critic will inftruction afk . ( 2 ) As veils tranfparent cover , but not hide , Such metaphors appear when right apply'd ; When thro ' the phrafe we plainly fee the fenfe , Truth , where the ...
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... please , not to write well , and knows There is a mode in plays , as well as clothes . From whence it is plain where he has expofed him- felf to the critics ; he was forced to follow the fashion to humour an audience , and not to please ...
... please , not to write well , and knows There is a mode in plays , as well as clothes . From whence it is plain where he has expofed him- felf to the critics ; he was forced to follow the fashion to humour an audience , and not to please ...
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... please them Magnus es expanfis alis , fed maximus armis , Protegis hinc Anglos , Teutones inde feris . Quin coeant toto Titania fœdera Rheno , Illa aquilam tantum , Gallia fulmen habet . VOL . V. When more indulgent to the writers ease ...
... please them Magnus es expanfis alis , fed maximus armis , Protegis hinc Anglos , Teutones inde feris . Quin coeant toto Titania fœdera Rheno , Illa aquilam tantum , Gallia fulmen habet . VOL . V. When more indulgent to the writers ease ...
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