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Page 124
... taste ; Habits of close attention , thinking heads , Become more rare as dissipation spreads , Till authors hear at length , one gen'ral cry , Tickle and entertain us , or we die . The loud demand , from year to year the same , Beggars ...
... taste ; Habits of close attention , thinking heads , Become more rare as dissipation spreads , Till authors hear at length , one gen'ral cry , Tickle and entertain us , or we die . The loud demand , from year to year the same , Beggars ...
Page 177
... taste alone and well - contriv'd display Suffice to give the marshall'd ranks the grace Of their complete effect . Much yet remains Unsung , and many cares are yet behind , And more laborious ; cares on which depends Their vigour ...
... taste alone and well - contriv'd display Suffice to give the marshall'd ranks the grace Of their complete effect . Much yet remains Unsung , and many cares are yet behind , And more laborious ; cares on which depends Their vigour ...
Page 514
... Tastes happiness complete . Souls once enabled to disdain Base sublunary joys , maintain Their dignity secure ; 42 The fever of desire is pass'd , And Love has all its genuine taste , Is delicate and pure . 48 Self - love no grace in ...
... Tastes happiness complete . Souls once enabled to disdain Base sublunary joys , maintain Their dignity secure ; 42 The fever of desire is pass'd , And Love has all its genuine taste , Is delicate and pure . 48 Self - love no grace in ...
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