Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Volume 2T. Evans, 1774 |
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... hope and wish to please , I write , as I would live , with ease . FRIE N D. But you muft have a fund , a mine , Profe , poems , letters AUTHOR . Not a line . And here , my friend , I reft fecure ; He can't lofe much , who's always poor ...
... hope and wish to please , I write , as I would live , with ease . FRIE N D. But you muft have a fund , a mine , Profe , poems , letters AUTHOR . Not a line . And here , my friend , I reft fecure ; He can't lofe much , who's always poor ...
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... hope ) PRIOR fhall live as long as POPE , Each in his manner fure to please , While both have ftrength , and both have cafe ; Yet though their various beauties strike , Their ease , their strength is not alike . Both with confummate ...
... hope ) PRIOR fhall live as long as POPE , Each in his manner fure to please , While both have ftrength , and both have cafe ; Yet though their various beauties strike , Their ease , their strength is not alike . Both with confummate ...
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... hope's left , nor a fear . - But you've enough , nor want my preaching , And I was never form'd for teaching : Male prudes we know , ( those driv❜ling things ) Will have their gibes , and taunts , and flings . How will the fober Cit ...
... hope's left , nor a fear . - But you've enough , nor want my preaching , And I was never form'd for teaching : Male prudes we know , ( those driv❜ling things ) Will have their gibes , and taunts , and flings . How will the fober Cit ...
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... Hope depends , " Be prudent , Tom , get ufeful Friends ; " And therefore like a spider wait , " And fpin your Web about the great , " If my Lord's Genius wants fupplies , 66 - Why You must make his Exercife , " Let the young Marquis ...
... Hope depends , " Be prudent , Tom , get ufeful Friends ; " And therefore like a spider wait , " And fpin your Web about the great , " If my Lord's Genius wants fupplies , 66 - Why You must make his Exercife , " Let the young Marquis ...
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... hope of future fame , No impotence of wit had ta'en Poffeffion of my mufe - ftruck brain . Or had my birth , with fortune fit , Varnifh'd the dunce , or made the wit ; I had not held a fhameful place , Nor letters paid me with difgrace ...
... hope of future fame , No impotence of wit had ta'en Poffeffion of my mufe - ftruck brain . Or had my birth , with fortune fit , Varnifh'd the dunce , or made the wit ; I had not held a fhameful place , Nor letters paid me with difgrace ...
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Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and ..., Volume 1 Robert Lloyd Visualização completa - 1774 |
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Apollo's AUTHOR Bard beſt bleft breaſt cauſe cloſe dame decus Delos dreft dull dunce e'en e'er eaſe eaſy Engliſh erft ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fame fancy fatire feek fenfe fhall fhame fhew fhould fibi filk fimple firft firſt fkies flame fober foes folks fome fons fool foul ftill ftrength ftrife ftrong fuch fure genius grace gueſt Hæc hate heart himſelf inglorius Juft king laft Latona lyre meaſure mind miſtreſs moft moſt mufe muft Muſe muſt numbers nymph o'er pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure poet poet's pow'r praiſe profe purſue Quæ quam raiſe reaſon rhime rhyme rife ROBERT LLOYD ſcarce ſenſe ſhall ſhe ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſuch Tafte taſte tell thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thouſand thro throne uſe VALOIS verfe verſe whofe Whoſe wife wiſh woes wond'rous wou'd write
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