Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 10
... course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the nine confent , the facred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapfide , Or tinkle in ' Change Alley , to amuse The leathern ears of stock - jobbers and jews : A. Vouchfafe A. Vouchfafe at ...
... course of Helicon that way ; Nor would the nine confent , the facred tide Should purl amidst the traffic of Cheapfide , Or tinkle in ' Change Alley , to amuse The leathern ears of stock - jobbers and jews : A. Vouchfafe A. Vouchfafe at ...
Page 12
... course . Hence liberty , fweet liberty infpires , And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of conftitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul , But if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his ...
... course . Hence liberty , fweet liberty infpires , And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of conftitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul , But if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his ...
Page 14
... 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 skies , Stands most 14 TABLE TALK .
... 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 skies , Stands most 14 TABLE TALK .
Page 16
... or flay your horfe For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden with a careless rein , He break away , and feek the distant plain ? No. No. His high metal under good controul , Gives him 16 TABLET AL K.
... or flay your horfe For bounding and curvetting in his course ; Or if , when ridden with a careless rein , He break away , and feek the distant plain ? No. No. His high metal under good controul , Gives him 16 TABLET AL K.
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... course they love ; To the lafcivious pipe and wanton fong That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph from which is no return . They truft in navies , and their navies fail , God's ...
... course they love ; To the lafcivious pipe and wanton fong That charm down fear , they frolic it along , With mad rapidity and unconcern , Down to the gulph from which is no return . They truft in navies , and their navies fail , God's ...
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