The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements : to which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorAlexander Donaldson, 1774 |
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... neck to Rome , An enemy to Carthage , Mafiniffa . Phen . Think not I mean to check that glorious flame ,, That juft ambition which exalts your foul ,. Glows on your cheek , and lightens in your eye B 2 SOPHONIS BA , 13.
... neck to Rome , An enemy to Carthage , Mafiniffa . Phen . Think not I mean to check that glorious flame ,, That juft ambition which exalts your foul ,. Glows on your cheek , and lightens in your eye B 2 SOPHONIS BA , 13.
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... glorious as the pride of woman Could wish , in all her wantonnefs of thought ;. The joy of human - kind ; wife , valiant , good ; With ev'ry praife , with ev'ry laurel crown'd ; The warrior's wonder , and the virgin's figh : Yet this ...
... glorious as the pride of woman Could wish , in all her wantonnefs of thought ;. The joy of human - kind ; wife , valiant , good ; With ev'ry praife , with ev'ry laurel crown'd ; The warrior's wonder , and the virgin's figh : Yet this ...
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... wifhes did ye lift me ; Then fink me down fo low ? Juft as I aim'd The glorious stroke that was to make me happy , Why did you blast my strong extended arm ? . But that to mock us is your cruel fport SOPHONIS BA . 23.
... wifhes did ye lift me ; Then fink me down fo low ? Juft as I aim'd The glorious stroke that was to make me happy , Why did you blast my strong extended arm ? . But that to mock us is your cruel fport SOPHONIS BA . 23.
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... glorious , first effay in war , New Carthage fell ; there all the flow'r of Spain- Were kept in hoftage ; a full field prefenting " For Scipio's generosity to shine . And then it was , that when the hero heard How I to thee belong'd ...
... glorious , first effay in war , New Carthage fell ; there all the flow'r of Spain- Were kept in hoftage ; a full field prefenting " For Scipio's generosity to shine . And then it was , that when the hero heard How I to thee belong'd ...
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... glorious , and fo big with vengeance On thofe my foul abhors ? Maf . Avert it heav'n ! The Romans not enflave , but fave the world From Carthaginian rage- Soph . I'll bear no more ! Nor tenderness , nor life , nor liberty , Nothing ...
... glorious , and fo big with vengeance On thofe my foul abhors ? Maf . Avert it heav'n ! The Romans not enflave , but fave the world From Carthaginian rage- Soph . I'll bear no more ! Nor tenderness , nor life , nor liberty , Nothing ...
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