Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 41
... Folly fuch as your's , Grac'd with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfaft but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall , THE TAS K. BOOK II . ARGUMENT of the ...
... Folly fuch as your's , Grac'd with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , stedfaft but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall , THE TAS K. BOOK II . ARGUMENT of the ...
Page 44
... folly and extravagance . -The mischiefs of profufion . Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , afcribed , as to its principal caufe , to the want of difcipline in the Univerfities . TA ΤΗΕ S K. THE BOOK II . TIME -
... folly and extravagance . -The mischiefs of profufion . Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , afcribed , as to its principal caufe , to the want of difcipline in the Univerfities . TA ΤΗΕ S K. THE BOOK II . TIME -
Page 60
... Folly is foon learn'd ; And , under fuch preceptors , who can fail ! There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind reforts , in chace of ...
... Folly is foon learn'd ; And , under fuch preceptors , who can fail ! There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind reforts , in chace of ...
Page 77
... he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle , which fhe draws , With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless Book ii . 77 THE TIMEPIECE .
... he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle , which fhe draws , With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That That none , decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless Book ii . 77 THE TIMEPIECE .
Page 84
... erudition thus acquir'd , Where science and where virtue are profefs'd ? They may confirm his habits , rivet fast His folly , but to spoil him is a task That That bids defiance to th ' united pow'rs Of fashion 84 Book ii . THE TASK .
... erudition thus acquir'd , Where science and where virtue are profefs'd ? They may confirm his habits , rivet fast His folly , but to spoil him is a task That That bids defiance to th ' united pow'rs Of fashion 84 Book ii . THE TASK .
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