The Speaker ; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... ; To which are Prefixed, Two Essays |
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... side , And right toward the favour'd place Proceeding with his nimblest pace , In hope to bask a little yet , Just reach'd it when the sun was set . Your Hermit , young and jovial Sirs ! Learns something from whate'er occurs- And hence ...
... side , And right toward the favour'd place Proceeding with his nimblest pace , In hope to bask a little yet , Just reach'd it when the sun was set . Your Hermit , young and jovial Sirs ! Learns something from whate'er occurs- And hence ...
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... side by side in gore ; -when ruffian Pride Usurps the throne of Justice , turns the pomp Of public pow'r , the majesty of rule , The sword , the laurel , and the purple robe ,. To slavish empty pageants , to adorn A tyrant's walk , and ...
... side by side in gore ; -when ruffian Pride Usurps the throne of Justice , turns the pomp Of public pow'r , the majesty of rule , The sword , the laurel , and the purple robe ,. To slavish empty pageants , to adorn A tyrant's walk , and ...
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... side ? BEL . Innumerable ! Your town's as full of defiles as the island of Corsica ; and , I believe , they are as ... sides , worse than a swarm of moschettoes , I proceeded a little too roughly to brush them away with my rattan ; the ...
... side ? BEL . Innumerable ! Your town's as full of defiles as the island of Corsica ; and , I believe , they are as ... sides , worse than a swarm of moschettoes , I proceeded a little too roughly to brush them away with my rattan ; the ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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