Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... Should'ring and standing as if ftuck to stone , While condefcending majefty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected , thwarted , and withstood , Ev'n when he labours ...
... Should'ring and standing as if ftuck to stone , While condefcending majefty looks on ; If monarchy consist in such base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ! To be fufpected , thwarted , and withstood , Ev'n when he labours ...
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... Should claim my fixt attention more than you . B. Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would effay To turn the course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the nine confent , the facred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapfide , Or tinkle in ...
... Should claim my fixt attention more than you . B. Not Brindley nor Bridgewater would effay To turn the course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the nine confent , the facred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapfide , Or tinkle in ...
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... should attain . The varied fields of fcience , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a profp'rous force , While no bafe fear impedes her in her course . Religion , Religion , richest favour of the ...
... should attain . The varied fields of fcience , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a profp'rous force , While no bafe fear impedes her in her course . Religion , Religion , richest favour of the ...
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... their progrefs with the deepest dread , Blush'd that effects like these she should produce , Worfe than the deeds of galley - flaves broke lose . VOL . I. C She She lofes in fuch ftorms her very name , And TABLE TA L K. 17.
... their progrefs with the deepest dread , Blush'd that effects like these she should produce , Worfe than the deeds of galley - flaves broke lose . VOL . I. C She She lofes in fuch ftorms her very name , And TABLE TA L K. 17.
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William Cowper. Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All that should be the boaft of British fong . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , . The prize of happier times will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant ...
William Cowper. Alas ! the tide of pleasure sweeps along All that should be the boaft of British fong . ' Tis not the wreath that once adorn'd thy brow , . The prize of happier times will serve thee now . Our ancestry , a gallant ...
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