Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 32
... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but supply Is obvious ; plac'd within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not rude and furly , and ...
... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants , indeed , are many ; but supply Is obvious ; plac'd within the easy reach Of temp'rate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper foil ; Not rude and furly , and ...
Page 33
... manners , victims of luxurious eafe . These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all that fcience traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclofed VOL . II . D In In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators ...
... manners , victims of luxurious eafe . These therefore I can pity , plac'd remote From all that fcience traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and inclofed VOL . II . D In In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators ...
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... manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , moft part , deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd by a frost , I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a ...
... manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year , moft part , deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd by a frost , I would not yet exchange thy fullen skies And fields without a ...
Page 64
... . To fuch I render more than mere respect , Whofe actions fay that they refpect themselves . But loose in morals , and in manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once In 64 Book ii . THE TASK .
... . To fuch I render more than mere respect , Whofe actions fay that they refpect themselves . But loose in morals , and in manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once In 64 Book ii . THE TASK .
Page 66
... manner . Decent , folemn , chaste , And natural in gefture . Much imprefs'd Himself , as conscious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too . Affectionate in look , And tender in addrefs , as well ...
... manner . Decent , folemn , chaste , And natural in gefture . Much imprefs'd Himself , as conscious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too . Affectionate in look , And tender in addrefs , as well ...
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