The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The lives of the English poetsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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1 2 , e Tences To m . vers eé ke * VICI det attention 1 : 4 Ciecka 5 : 5 * Horas , s (
* * 17 , compared to trave ' s througe d usicai eres : couco 1141 } thou not found
each woman ' s brennt ( the land where thou hast travelled ) Lithot lay lavagens ...
1 2 , e Tences To m . vers eé ke * VICI det attention 1 : 4 Ciecka 5 : 5 * Horas , s (
* * 17 , compared to trave ' s througe d usicai eres : couco 1141 } thou not found
each woman ' s brennt ( the land where thou hast travelled ) Lithot lay lavagens ...
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But think that death hath now enfranchis ' d thee ; Thou hast thy expansion now ,
and liberty ; Think , that a rusty piece discharg ' d is flown In pieces , and the
bullet is his own , And freely flies : this to thy soul allow , Think thy ( hell broke ,
think ...
But think that death hath now enfranchis ' d thee ; Thou hast thy expansion now ,
and liberty ; Think , that a rusty piece discharg ' d is flown In pieces , and the
bullet is his own , And freely flies : this to thy soul allow , Think thy ( hell broke ,
think ...
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Who , whilst thou should ' st but taste , devour ' st is Thou bring ' ît us an estate ,
yet leav ' st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire
should wed , Come deflower ' d virgins to our bed ; Good fortunes without gain ...
Who , whilst thou should ' st but taste , devour ' st is Thou bring ' ît us an estate ,
yet leav ' st us poor , By clogging it with legacies before ! The joys which we entire
should wed , Come deflower ' d virgins to our bed ; Good fortunes without gain ...
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that a writer , professing to revive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes
this address to the new year : Nay , if thou lov ' lt me , gentle year , Let not so
much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love I mean ; for , gentle year , Although I
fear ...
that a writer , professing to revive the noblest and highest writing in verse , makes
this address to the new year : Nay , if thou lov ' lt me , gentle year , Let not so
much as love be there , Vain , fruitless love I mean ; for , gentle year , Although I
fear ...
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His praise of Fanshaw ' s version of Guarini , contains a very spritely and
judicious character of a good translator : “ That servile path thou nobly doft
decline , “ Of tracing word by word , and line by line . “ Those are the labour ' d
births of flavith ...
His praise of Fanshaw ' s version of Guarini , contains a very spritely and
judicious character of a good translator : “ That servile path thou nobly doft
decline , “ Of tracing word by word , and line by line . “ Those are the labour ' d
births of flavith ...
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