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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... of the path they tread . The paralitic who can hold her cards But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort Her 4 Her mingled fuits and sequences , and fits Spectatrefs both [ 25 ]
... of the path they tread . The paralitic who can hold her cards But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort Her 4 Her mingled fuits and sequences , and fits Spectatrefs both [ 25 ]
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... holds out to all , should most abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and tafte no scenes But fuch as art ...
... holds out to all , should most abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and tafte no scenes But fuch as art ...
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... hold thee fast Freedom ! whom they that lose thee , so regret , That ev'n a judgment making way for thee , Seems in ... holds [ 52 ]
... hold thee fast Freedom ! whom they that lose thee , so regret , That ev'n a judgment making way for thee , Seems in ... holds [ 52 ]
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... holds , Or make his houfe his grave . Nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulphs . What then - were they the wicked above all , And we the righteous , whose fast - anchor'd ...
... holds , Or make his houfe his grave . Nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in her dry and dusty gulphs . What then - were they the wicked above all , And we the righteous , whose fast - anchor'd ...
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... hold them fast , And force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its moft propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly less ...
... hold them fast , And force them fit , ' till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to difpofe his copies with fuch art That each may find its moft propitious light , And fhine by fituation , hardly less ...
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