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... thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the sword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would purfue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
... thou haft fail'd thy plighted word , To fight with caution , not to tempt the sword ; I warn'd thee , but in vain , for well I knew What perils youthful ardour would purfue ; That boiling blood would carry thee too far , Young as thou ...
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... thou must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the fun pass through't twice a year , The fun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philofophy , are by ...
... thou must write the poefy there , For it wanteth one as yet , Then the fun pass through't twice a year , The fun , which is esteem'd the god of wit . COWLEY . The difficulties which have been raised about identity in philofophy , are by ...
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... thou not found each woman's breaft ( The land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries fo uncivilis'd as those ? Luft , 1 Luft , the ...
... thou not found each woman's breaft ( The land where thou haft travelled ) Either by favages poffeft , Or wild , and uninhabited ? What joy could'st take , or what repose , In countries fo uncivilis'd as those ? Luft , 1 Luft , the ...
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Samuel Johnson. Why doth my fhe advowson fly Incumbency ? To fell thyself dost thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contraft thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how foon the market fails , Your fex lives fafter than the ...
Samuel Johnson. Why doth my fhe advowson fly Incumbency ? To fell thyself dost thou intend By candle's end , And hold the contraft thus in doubt , Life's taper out ? Think but how foon the market fails , Your fex lives fafter than the ...
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... thou fhould't come to live it o'er again . in me ?. A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self fame room , " Twill " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like COWL E Y. 47.
... thou fhould't come to live it o'er again . in me ?. A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self fame room , " Twill " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like COWL E Y. 47.
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