POEMS, Volume 1J. Johnson, St: Paulʻs Church-yard, 1798 |
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Page 7
... form'd in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Should'ring and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majefty looks on ; If monarchy confift in fuch base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ...
... form'd in ranks , Playing , at beat of drum , their martial pranks , Should'ring and standing as if stuck to stone , While condescending majefty looks on ; If monarchy confift in fuch base things , Sighing , I fay again , I pity kings ...
Page 11
... form'd like us , with fuch Herculean pow'rs , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lafs , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away : He drinks his ...
... form'd like us , with fuch Herculean pow'rs , The Frenchman , easy , debonair , and brisk , Give him his lafs , his fiddle , and his frisk , Is always happy , reign whoever may , And laughs the sense of mis'ry far away : He drinks his ...
Page 43
... form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical , as others at his own . He cannot drink five bottles , bilk the score , Then kill a constable , and drink five more ; But ...
... form'd by rule , Not of the moral , but the dancing school , Wonders at Clodio's follies , in a tone As tragical , as others at his own . He cannot drink five bottles , bilk the score , Then kill a constable , and drink five more ; But ...
Page 53
... form'd to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , fchools , intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and ...
... form'd to please , Are qualities that seem to comprehend Whatever parents , guardians , fchools , intend ; Hence an unfurnish'd and a listless mind , Though busy , trifling ; empty , though refin'd ; Hence all that interferes , and ...
Page 107
... form'd and fix'd defign , To thruft the charge of deeds that I deteft Against an innocent unconscious breast : The man that dares traduce , because he can With fafety to himself , is not a man : An individual is a facred mark , Not to ...
... form'd and fix'd defign , To thruft the charge of deeds that I deteft Against an innocent unconscious breast : The man that dares traduce , because he can With fafety to himself , is not a man : An individual is a facred mark , Not to ...
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