Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you fo - fay rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - enobling thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects ...
... stand upon . Man made for kings ! those optics are but dim That tell you fo - fay rather , they for him . That were indeed a king - enobling thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . The diadem , with mighty projects ...
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... stand or fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise , And many a dunce whofe fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A fubject's faults , a ...
... stand or fall . B. True . While they live , the courtly laureat pays His quit - rent ode , his pepper - corn of praise , And many a dunce whofe fingers itch to write , Adds , as he can , his tributary mite ; A fubject's faults , a ...
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... 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 for his country's ...
... 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 for his country's ...
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... Stand on a level , and you prove too much . If all men indifcriminately fhare , His foft'ring pow'r , and tutelary ... Stands most 14 TABLE TALK .
... Stand on a level , and you prove too much . If all men indifcriminately fhare , His foft'ring pow'r , and tutelary ... Stands most 14 TABLE TALK .
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William Cowper. Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the freeman's eyes ; No fhades of fuperftition blot the day , Liberty chaces all that gloom away ; The foul , emancipated , unopprefs'd , Free to prove ...
William Cowper. Religion , richest favour of the skies , Stands most reveal'd before the freeman's eyes ; No fhades of fuperftition blot the day , Liberty chaces all that gloom away ; The foul , emancipated , unopprefs'd , Free to prove ...
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