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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... fong . Time was , when cloathing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; fattin smooth , Ᏼ . Or Or velvet foft , or plush with fhaggy pile : BOOK I. ...
... fong . Time was , when cloathing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; fattin smooth , Ᏼ . Or Or velvet foft , or plush with fhaggy pile : BOOK I. ...
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... use Life's neceffary means , but he must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if ftormy winds . Rife not , the waters of the deep shall rife , And needing none affiftance of the ftorm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him ...
... use Life's neceffary means , but he must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if ftormy winds . Rife not , the waters of the deep shall rife , And needing none affiftance of the ftorm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him ...
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... To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve , ask of him , E 4 Or Or afk of whomsoever he has taught , And learn [ 55 ]
... To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious refervoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve , ask of him , E 4 Or Or afk of whomsoever he has taught , And learn [ 55 ]
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... closely braced And neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly bones , And binds the shoulders flat . We prove its use Sov'reign and most effectual to secure A form A form not now gymnastic as of yore , From [ 75 1 .
... closely braced And neatly fitted , it compreffes hard The prominent and most unfightly bones , And binds the shoulders flat . We prove its use Sov'reign and most effectual to secure A form A form not now gymnastic as of yore , From [ 75 1 .
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... use . Makes men mere vermin , worthy to be trapp'd And gibbetted as faft as catchpole claws Can feize the flipp'ry prey . Unties the knot Of union , and converts the facred band That holds mankind together , to a fcourge . Profufion ...
... use . Makes men mere vermin , worthy to be trapp'd And gibbetted as faft as catchpole claws Can feize the flipp'ry prey . Unties the knot Of union , and converts the facred band That holds mankind together , to a fcourge . Profufion ...
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