Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Volume 2T. Evans, 1774 |
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... But Heav'n defend us from a Book ! A LIBEL flies on Scandal's wings , But works of length are heavy things . -Not one in twenty will fucceed- Confider , fir , how few can read . FRIEND . AUTHOR . F PIEN D. A man of Tafte MUST ( 2 )
... But Heav'n defend us from a Book ! A LIBEL flies on Scandal's wings , But works of length are heavy things . -Not one in twenty will fucceed- Confider , fir , how few can read . FRIEND . AUTHOR . F PIEN D. A man of Tafte MUST ( 2 )
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... MUST buy . AUTHOR . True . Yes ; And half a dozen more , my friend , Whom your good Tafte fhall recomme Experience will by facts prevail , When argument and reafon fail ; The NUPTIALS now- FRIEND . Whofe nup AUTHOR . A Poet's did that ...
... MUST buy . AUTHOR . True . Yes ; And half a dozen more , my friend , Whom your good Tafte fhall recomme Experience will by facts prevail , When argument and reafon fail ; The NUPTIALS now- FRIEND . Whofe nup AUTHOR . A Poet's did that ...
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... host , an English air , If THORNTON , rich in native wit , Would make the modes and diction fit ? Or , as I know you hate to roam , To fetch an inftance nearer home ; Though Though in an idiom most unlike , A fimilarity must ( 10 )
... host , an English air , If THORNTON , rich in native wit , Would make the modes and diction fit ? Or , as I know you hate to roam , To fetch an inftance nearer home ; Though Though in an idiom most unlike , A fimilarity must ( 10 )
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... must strike , Where both of fimple nature fond , In art and genius correspond ; And naïve both ( allow the phrafe Which no one English word conveys ) Wrapt up their ftories neat and clean , Eafy as- FRIEN D. DENIS'S you mean , -The very ...
... must strike , Where both of fimple nature fond , In art and genius correspond ; And naïve both ( allow the phrafe Which no one English word conveys ) Wrapt up their ftories neat and clean , Eafy as- FRIEN D. DENIS'S you mean , -The very ...
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... must pour in a - pace , New paffengers will take a place , And then your friends AUTHOR . Aye , they indeed , Might make a better work fucceed , And with the helps which they shall give , I and the Magazine shall live . FRIEND . Yes ...
... must pour in a - pace , New paffengers will take a place , And then your friends AUTHOR . Aye , they indeed , Might make a better work fucceed , And with the helps which they shall give , I and the Magazine shall live . FRIEND . Yes ...
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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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