Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... this nether world . Thus first neceffity invented stools , Convenience next fuggefted elbow - chairs , And luxury th ' accomplish'd SOFA last . B 3 3 The The nurse fleeps sweetly , hir'd to watch the fick Book i . 5 THE SOFA .
... this nether world . Thus first neceffity invented stools , Convenience next fuggefted elbow - chairs , And luxury th ' accomplish'd SOFA last . B 3 3 The The nurse fleeps sweetly , hir'd to watch the fick Book i . 5 THE SOFA .
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... last to liberty and light : His cheek recovers foon its healthful hue , relumines its extinguish'd fires ; His eye He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of ev'ry breeze . He does not fcorn it , who ...
... last to liberty and light : His cheek recovers foon its healthful hue , relumines its extinguish'd fires ; His eye He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of ev'ry breeze . He does not fcorn it , who ...
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... and wide the watʼry waste For fight of ship from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon , turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . D 2 But But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , Book i . 35 THE SOF A.
... and wide the watʼry waste For fight of ship from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon , turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . D 2 But But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , Book i . 35 THE SOF A.
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William Cowper. But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And fends thee to thy cabbin , well - prepar'd To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good ...
William Cowper. But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , And fends thee to thy cabbin , well - prepar'd To dream all night of what the day denied . Alas ! expect it not . We found no bait To tempt us in thy country . Doing good ...
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... last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school , Spent all his force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most ...
... last , Strutting and vap'ring in an empty school , Spent all his force and made no profelyte ) I fay the pulpit ( in the fober use Of its legitimate , peculiar pow'rs ) Must stand acknowledg'd , while the world fhall ftand , The most ...
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