Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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... Folly fuch as your's Graced with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , which enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , ftedfaft but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall , T ARGUMENT of the SECOND Book . Which ...
... Folly fuch as your's Graced with a fword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , which enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , ftedfaft but for you , A mutilated structure , foon to fall , T ARGUMENT of the SECOND Book . Which ...
Page 43
... folly and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion . - Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , afcribed as to its principal caufe , to the want of difcipline in the Univerfities . -- LT1 воок II . THE TIME - PIE C E. OH ...
... folly and extravagance . - The mischiefs of profufion . - Profufion itself , with all its confequent evils , afcribed as to its principal caufe , to the want of difcipline in the Univerfities . -- LT1 воок II . THE TIME - PIE C E. OH ...
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... Folly is foon learn'd . And under fuch preceptors , who can fail . There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind reforts , in chace of terms ...
... Folly is foon learn'd . And under fuch preceptors , who can fail . There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions multiform To which the mind reforts , in chace of terms ...
Page 77
... teeth , and busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle which fhe draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That That none decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless by £ 77 1.
... teeth , and busy as he seems With an old tavern quill , is hungry yet . The rout is folly's circle which fhe draws With magic wand . So potent is the spell , That That none decoy'd into that fatal ring , Unless by £ 77 1.
Page 84
... him soon , Add to fuch erudition thus acquir'd Where science and where virtue are profefs'd ? They may confirm his habits , rivet faft His folly , but to spoil him is a task That That bids defiance to th ' united pow'rs Of fashion [ 84 ]
... him soon , Add to fuch erudition thus acquir'd Where science and where virtue are profefs'd ? They may confirm his habits , rivet faft His folly , but to spoil him is a task That That bids defiance to th ' united pow'rs Of fashion [ 84 ]
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