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Sublime in regal state Adrastus thone , Stretch'd on rich carpets on his ivory
throne ; A lofty couch receives each princely guest ; Around at awful distance wait
the rest . And now the king , his royal feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian
of ...
Sublime in regal state Adrastus thone , Stretch'd on rich carpets on his ivory
throne ; A lofty couch receives each princely guest ; Around at awful distance wait
the rest . And now the king , his royal feast to grace , Acestis calls , the guardian
of ...
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Be ever , in a just expression , bold , 255 Yet ne'er degrade fair Satire to a Scold :
Let no unworthy mien her form debase , But let her smile , and let her frown with
grace : In mirth be temperate , temperate in her spleen ; Nor , while the preaches
...
Be ever , in a just expression , bold , 255 Yet ne'er degrade fair Satire to a Scold :
Let no unworthy mien her form debase , But let her smile , and let her frown with
grace : In mirth be temperate , temperate in her spleen ; Nor , while the preaches
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His Grace's fate fage Cutler could foresee , 315 And well ( he thought ) advis'd
him , “ Live like me ! " As well his Grace reply'd , “ Like you , Sir John ? “ That I can
do , when all I have is gone . " Resolve me , Reason , which of these are worse ...
His Grace's fate fage Cutler could foresee , 315 And well ( he thought ) advis'd
him , “ Live like me ! " As well his Grace reply'd , “ Like you , Sir John ? “ That I can
do , when all I have is gone . " Resolve me , Reason , which of these are worse ...
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Then Tall thy Form the Marble grace , ( Thy Grecian Form ) and Chloe lend the
Face : His House , embofom'd in the Grove , Sacred to social life and social love ,
Shall glittér o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the visionary scene ...
Then Tall thy Form the Marble grace , ( Thy Grecian Form ) and Chloe lend the
Face : His House , embofom'd in the Grove , Sacred to social life and social love ,
Shall glittér o'er the pendent green , Where Thames reflects the visionary scene ...
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These Fate reserv'd to grace thy reign divine , 275 Foreseen by me , but ah ;
withheld from minc . In Lud's old walls though long I rul'd , renown'd Far as loud
Bow's stupendous bells resound ; Though my own Aldermen conferr'd the bays ,
To ...
These Fate reserv'd to grace thy reign divine , 275 Foreseen by me , but ah ;
withheld from minc . In Lud's old walls though long I rul'd , renown'd Far as loud
Bow's stupendous bells resound ; Though my own Aldermen conferr'd the bays ,
To ...
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Page 46 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
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Page 18 - Nor think, in Nature's state they blindly trod; The state of Nature was the reign of God: Self-love and social at her birth began, Union the bond of all things, and of man.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 32-34 The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | C. Bathurst, 1779 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2005 |
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