The Works of Soame Jenyns ...: To which are Prefixed Short Sketches of the ... Author's Family, and Also of His Life, Volumes 1-2T. Cadell, 1793 - English literature |
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... See how , in fam'd AUGUSTUS ' golden days , Wit triumphs , crown'd with univerfal praise ! Approaches thrones with a majestic air , The Prince's miftrefs , and the Statesman's care . MECENAS MECENAS shines in ev'ry claffic page ...
... See how , in fam'd AUGUSTUS ' golden days , Wit triumphs , crown'd with univerfal praise ! Approaches thrones with a majestic air , The Prince's miftrefs , and the Statesman's care . MECENAS MECENAS shines in ev'ry claffic page ...
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... See OXFORD fmiles ! and all the tuneful train , In his Britannia's fons revive again ; PRIOR , like HORACE , ftrikes the founding ftrings , And in harmonious POPE once more great MARO fings . Again the waves her pinions to be gone , And ...
... See OXFORD fmiles ! and all the tuneful train , In his Britannia's fons revive again ; PRIOR , like HORACE , ftrikes the founding ftrings , And in harmonious POPE once more great MARO fings . Again the waves her pinions to be gone , And ...
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... see Matter's surprising fubtilty ; As how the finalleft lamp displays , For miles around , it's fcatter'd rays ; Or how ( the case still more t ' explain ) * A fart , that weighs not half a grain , The atmosphere will oft perfume Of a ...
... see Matter's surprising fubtilty ; As how the finalleft lamp displays , For miles around , it's fcatter'd rays ; Or how ( the case still more t ' explain ) * A fart , that weighs not half a grain , The atmosphere will oft perfume Of a ...
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... See how Sir W. master of this art , By different methods wins each Cn heart . He tells raw youths , that whoring is no harm , • And teaches their attentive fires to farm ; To his own table lovingly invites f Infidious pimps , and hungry ...
... See how Sir W. master of this art , By different methods wins each Cn heart . He tells raw youths , that whoring is no harm , • And teaches their attentive fires to farm ; To his own table lovingly invites f Infidious pimps , and hungry ...
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... see than hear ; Their joy's to view his majefty approach , Drawn by eight milk - white fteeds in gilded coach , The pageant show and bustle to behold , 245 The guards both horse and foot lac'd o'er with gold , The rich infignia from the ...
... see than hear ; Their joy's to view his majefty approach , Drawn by eight milk - white fteeds in gilded coach , The pageant show and bustle to behold , 245 The guards both horse and foot lac'd o'er with gold , The rich infignia from the ...
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