Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... pleasure . -Change of fcene fometimes expedient . - A common defcribed , and the character of crazy Kate intro- duced . -Gipfies . The bleffings of civilized life.- That state most favourable to virtue . - The South Sea Ilanders ...
... pleasure . -Change of fcene fometimes expedient . - A common defcribed , and the character of crazy Kate intro- duced . -Gipfies . The bleffings of civilized life.- That state most favourable to virtue . - The South Sea Ilanders ...
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... pleasure have we just discern'd The diftant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team , that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Oufe , flow winding through a level plain Of fpacious meads ...
... pleasure have we just discern'd The diftant plough flow - moving , and befide His lab'ring team , that fwerv'd not from the track , The sturdy fwain diminish'd to a boy ! Here Oufe , flow winding through a level plain Of fpacious meads ...
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... 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 terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arreft the fleeting images ...
... 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 terms Though apt , yet coy , and difficult to win- T'arreft the fleeting images ...
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... pleasures and his patron's pride.— From fuch apoftles , oh , ye mitred heads , Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not learn . Would I defcribe a preacher , fuch as Paul , Were he on ...
... pleasures and his patron's pride.— From fuch apoftles , oh , ye mitred heads , Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not learn . Would I defcribe a preacher , fuch as Paul , Were he on ...
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... pleasure hopelefs of fuccefs Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To sports which only childhood could excufe . There they are happieft who diffemble best Their wearinefs ; and they the most ...
... pleasure hopelefs of fuccefs Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To sports which only childhood could excufe . There they are happieft who diffemble best Their wearinefs ; and they the most ...
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