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... o'er thy fad diftrefs , And Venus shall the texture blefs , & i . Come we now to his Tranflation of the FLIAD , celebrated by numerous pens , yet hall it fuffice to mention the indefatigable- Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE , Kt.m Who ( tho ...
... o'er thy fad diftrefs , And Venus shall the texture blefs , & i . Come we now to his Tranflation of the FLIAD , celebrated by numerous pens , yet hall it fuffice to mention the indefatigable- Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE , Kt.m Who ( tho ...
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... o'er all poffefs'd her antient right , 20 Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night : Fate in their dotage this fair idiot gave , Grofs as her fire , and as her mother grave , Laborious , heavy , busy , bold , and blind , She rul❜d , in ...
... o'er all poffefs'd her antient right , 20 Daughter of Chaos and eternal Night : Fate in their dotage this fair idiot gave , Grofs as her fire , and as her mother grave , Laborious , heavy , busy , bold , and blind , She rul❜d , in ...
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... o'er in robes of varying hues , to With felf - applause her wild creation views , Sees momentary monsters rife and fall , And with her own fools colours gilds them all . ' Twas on the day , when Thorold , rich and grave , Like Cimon ...
... o'er in robes of varying hues , to With felf - applause her wild creation views , Sees momentary monsters rife and fall , And with her own fools colours gilds them all . ' Twas on the day , when Thorold , rich and grave , Like Cimon ...
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... o'er Britain stretch that peaceful wand , Which lulls th ' Helvetian and Batavian land . REMARK S. VERSE 133. Nich . de Lyra , or Harpsfeld , a very voluminous Com mentator , whofe works in five vaft Folio's were printed in 1472 . VERSE ...
... o'er Britain stretch that peaceful wand , Which lulls th ' Helvetian and Batavian land . REMARK S. VERSE 133. Nich . de Lyra , or Harpsfeld , a very voluminous Com mentator , whofe works in five vaft Folio's were printed in 1472 . VERSE ...
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... o'er . Not that my quill to Critiques was confin'd ,. My Verse gave ampler leffons to mankind ; 175 So graveft precepts may fuccefslefs prove , But fad examples never fail to move . As forced from wind - guns , lead itself can fly ...
... o'er . Not that my quill to Critiques was confin'd ,. My Verse gave ampler leffons to mankind ; 175 So graveft precepts may fuccefslefs prove , But fad examples never fail to move . As forced from wind - guns , lead itself can fly ...
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