The Poetical Works of Robert Lloyd, A. M.: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Volume 2T. Evans, 1774 |
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... kind , Need that alone engross your mind . Affiftance muft pour in a - pace , New paffengers will take a place , And then your friends- AUTHOR . Aye , they indeed , Might make a better work succeed , And with the helps which they fhall ...
... kind , Need that alone engross your mind . Affiftance muft pour in a - pace , New paffengers will take a place , And then your friends- AUTHOR . Aye , they indeed , Might make a better work succeed , And with the helps which they fhall ...
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... more than converfation , A kind of comfortable chat ' Mongst social friends , on This and That , As whether stocks get up or down , And tittle - tattle of the town ; B 2 Books , Books , pictures , politics , and news , Who ( 19 )
... more than converfation , A kind of comfortable chat ' Mongst social friends , on This and That , As whether stocks get up or down , And tittle - tattle of the town ; B 2 Books , Books , pictures , politics , and news , Who ( 19 )
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... embarrass'd neck , When high above the croud he stands With equi - diftant sprawling hands , And without hat , politely bare , Pops out his head to take the air ; The The mob his kind acceptance begs Of dirt , and ( 20 )
... embarrass'd neck , When high above the croud he stands With equi - diftant sprawling hands , And without hat , politely bare , Pops out his head to take the air ; The The mob his kind acceptance begs Of dirt , and ( 20 )
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... kind acceptance begs Of dirt , and stones , and addle - eggs . O GENIUS ! tho ' thy noble skill Can guide thy Pegasus at will , Fleet let him bear thee as the wind DULLNESS mounts up and clings behind , In vain you spur , and whip , and ...
... kind acceptance begs Of dirt , and stones , and addle - eggs . O GENIUS ! tho ' thy noble skill Can guide thy Pegasus at will , Fleet let him bear thee as the wind DULLNESS mounts up and clings behind , In vain you spur , and whip , and ...
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... kind of breathing being , Which has but half the pow'r of seeing ; Who ftands for ever on the brink , Yet dare not plunge enough to think , Nor has one reason to supply Wherefore he does a thing , or why , But what he does proceeds fo ...
... kind of breathing being , Which has but half the pow'r of seeing ; Who ftands for ever on the brink , Yet dare not plunge enough to think , Nor has one reason to supply Wherefore he does a thing , or why , But what he does proceeds fo ...
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Página 196 - Ev'n in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who mindful of th...
Página 186 - And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 194 - Th' applaufe of lift'ning fenates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their...