The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 8Pat. Wogan, 1804 - English poetry |
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... The gay companion and the faithful friend ; If they , like Pritchard , join in private life The tender parent and the virtuous wife ; * Mr. Foote . Ca Shall not our verfe their praise with pleasure speak , CHURCHILL'S POEMS .
... The gay companion and the faithful friend ; If they , like Pritchard , join in private life The tender parent and the virtuous wife ; * Mr. Foote . Ca Shall not our verfe their praise with pleasure speak , CHURCHILL'S POEMS .
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Samuel Johnson. Shall not our verfe their praise with pleasure speak , Though mimics bark , and Envy splits her cheek ? No honeft worth's beneath the Mufe's praife ; No greatness can above her cenfure raise ; Station and wealth to her ...
Samuel Johnson. Shall not our verfe their praise with pleasure speak , Though mimics bark , and Envy splits her cheek ? No honeft worth's beneath the Mufe's praife ; No greatness can above her cenfure raise ; Station and wealth to her ...
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... pleasure , and attun'd to woe , Who , if plain Common Senfe her vifit pays , And mars one couplet in their happy lays , As at fome ghoft affrighted , ftart and stare , And afk the meaning of her coming there ; For bards like these a ...
... pleasure , and attun'd to woe , Who , if plain Common Senfe her vifit pays , And mars one couplet in their happy lays , As at fome ghoft affrighted , ftart and stare , And afk the meaning of her coming there ; For bards like these a ...
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... fenfe . any one fo foolish to fucceed , Is On Envy's altar he is doom'd to bleed ? Hogarth , a guilty pleasure in his eyes , The place of executioner fupplies . Sear deceive ? Sdia , of me vetko , ERE 22 POEMS . CHURCHILL'S.
... fenfe . any one fo foolish to fucceed , Is On Envy's altar he is doom'd to bleed ? Hogarth , a guilty pleasure in his eyes , The place of executioner fupplies . Sear deceive ? Sdia , of me vetko , ERE 22 POEMS . CHURCHILL'S.
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... Pleasure was bride to virtue given ; Religion , ever pleas'd to pray , Poffefs'd the precious gift one day ; Hypocrify , of Cunning born , Crept in and stole it ere the morn , Wh - tc - d , that greatest of all fints , Who always prays ...
... Pleasure was bride to virtue given ; Religion , ever pleas'd to pray , Poffefs'd the precious gift one day ; Hypocrify , of Cunning born , Crept in and stole it ere the morn , Wh - tc - d , that greatest of all fints , Who always prays ...
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