Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his fide . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnaffian dews , Reward his mem'ry , dear to ev'ry muse , Who , with a courage of unfhaken root , In honour's field ...
... never meant the rule should be applied To him that fights with justice on his fide . Let laurels , drench'd in pure Parnaffian dews , Reward his mem'ry , dear to ev'ry muse , Who , with a courage of unfhaken root , In honour's field ...
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... never felt , Start up fagacious , cover'd with the duft Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ...
... never felt , Start up fagacious , cover'd with the duft Of dreaming study and pedantic rust , And prate and preach about what others prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ...
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... never feel th ' alacrity and joy With which he fhouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature fhews , Lefs on exterior ...
... never feel th ' alacrity and joy With which he fhouts and carols , Vive le Roy , Fill'd with as much true merriment and glee , As if he heard his king fay - Slave be free . Thus happiness depends , as nature fhews , Lefs on exterior ...
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... never know . The mind attains beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain . The varied fields of fcience , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a profp'rous force ...
... never know . The mind attains beneath her happy reign , The growth that nature meant she should attain . The varied fields of fcience , ever new , Op'ning and wider op'ning on her view , She ventures onward with a profp'rous force ...
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... never hides his face , Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the facred cause In all its parts , times ...
... never hides his face , Two or three millions of the human race , And not a tongue enquires , how , where , or when , Though confcience will have twinges now and then ; When profanation of the facred cause In all its parts , times ...
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