Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. ThomsonSamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 |
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... muft not pass unfung . When fear , which rank ill - nature terms conceit . By time and custom conquer'd , fhall retreat ; When judgment tutor'd by experience fage , Shall shoot abroad , and gather ftrength from age ; When heav'n in ...
... muft not pass unfung . When fear , which rank ill - nature terms conceit . By time and custom conquer'd , fhall retreat ; When judgment tutor'd by experience fage , Shall shoot abroad , and gather ftrength from age ; When heav'n in ...
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... muft we , Quin , forget thee there . His words bore fterling weight , nervous and strong In manly tides of fenfe they roll'd along . Happy in art , he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers , yet not forfeit fenfe . No actor ever ...
... muft we , Quin , forget thee there . His words bore fterling weight , nervous and strong In manly tides of fenfe they roll'd along . Happy in art , he chiefly had pretence To keep up numbers , yet not forfeit fenfe . No actor ever ...
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... muft impatience fall three paces back ? Why paces three return to the attack ? Why is the right - leg too forbid to ftir , Unless in motion femicircular ? Why muft the hero with the Nailor vie , And hurl the clofe - clench'd fist at ...
... muft impatience fall three paces back ? Why paces three return to the attack ? Why is the right - leg too forbid to ftir , Unless in motion femicircular ? Why muft the hero with the Nailor vie , And hurl the clofe - clench'd fist at ...
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... muft tell : But when those flowing tears fhall cease to flow , Why - then the voice must speak again , you know . Rude and unfkilful in the Poet's trade , I kept no Naiads by me ready - made ; Ne'er did I colours high in air advance ...
... muft tell : But when those flowing tears fhall cease to flow , Why - then the voice must speak again , you know . Rude and unfkilful in the Poet's trade , I kept no Naiads by me ready - made ; Ne'er did I colours high in air advance ...
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... muft walk in ftilts , and ftrut in ftays : The fenfe they murder , and the words tranfpoft , Left poetry approach too near to profe . See tortur'd Reafon how they pare and trim , And , like Procruftes , ftretch or lop the limb . Waller ...
... muft walk in ftilts , and ftrut in ftays : The fenfe they murder , and the words tranfpoft , Left poetry approach too near to profe . See tortur'd Reafon how they pare and trim , And , like Procruftes , ftretch or lop the limb . Waller ...
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