Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1787 |
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... thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . The diadem with mighty projects lin'd , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glitt'ring ftore , Just what the toy will fell for and no more ...
... thought , Could they , or would they , reafon as they ought . The diadem with mighty projects lin'd , To catch renown by ruining mankind , Is worth , with all its gold and glitt'ring ftore , Just what the toy will fell for and no more ...
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... fuch as thefe , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have dwelt , On TABLE TAL K. 9.
... fuch as thefe , Must follow royalty , then welcome ease ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have dwelt , On TABLE TAL K. 9.
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William Cowper. A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have dwelt , On fituations that they 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 ...
William Cowper. A. Thus men whofe thoughts contemplative have dwelt , On fituations that they 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 ...
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... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muít , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at ...
... thought the dying hour already come , And a complete recov'ry struck him dumb . But that effeminacy , folly , luft , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs muít , And that a nation fhamefully debas'd , Will be defpis'd and trampled on at ...
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... thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart , he looks to diftant ftorms , He hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
... thought , A terrible fagacity informs The poet's heart , he looks to diftant ftorms , He hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his ...
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