The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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... Mufe . Each claffic beauty he foon made his own ; And foon fam'd Ifis faw him woo the nine , On her inspiring banks . Love tun'd his fong ; For fair Theana was his only theme , Acafto's daughter , whom in early youth He oft diftinguifh ...
... Mufe . Each claffic beauty he foon made his own ; And foon fam'd Ifis faw him woo the nine , On her inspiring banks . Love tun'd his fong ; For fair Theana was his only theme , Acafto's daughter , whom in early youth He oft diftinguifh ...
Page 75
... mufe difdains to name , From town to college , till a fresh supply Sends him again from college up to town . The tedious interval the mace and cue , The tennis - court and racket , the flow lounge From ftreet to ftreet , the badger ...
... mufe difdains to name , From town to college , till a fresh supply Sends him again from college up to town . The tedious interval the mace and cue , The tennis - court and racket , the flow lounge From ftreet to ftreet , the badger ...
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... Mufe would take me on her airy wing And waft to views romantic ; there prefent Some motley vision , shade and fun : the cliff Oe'r hanging , sparkling brooks , and ruins grey : Bade me meanders trace , and catch the form Of various ...
... Mufe would take me on her airy wing And waft to views romantic ; there prefent Some motley vision , shade and fun : the cliff Oe'r hanging , sparkling brooks , and ruins grey : Bade me meanders trace , and catch the form Of various ...
Page 123
... Mufe full oft purfues a meteor fire , And vainly vent'rous , foars on waxen wing . Too actively awake at Friendship's voice , The poet's bofom pours the fervent ftrain , ' Till fad reflection blames the hafty choice , And oft invokes ...
... Mufe full oft purfues a meteor fire , And vainly vent'rous , foars on waxen wing . Too actively awake at Friendship's voice , The poet's bofom pours the fervent ftrain , ' Till fad reflection blames the hafty choice , And oft invokes ...
Page 124
... Mufe forbids the virtuous Man to die . ” MASON . CHA P. XXI . ON THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE . A H little think the gay licentious proud , Whom pleasure , power , and affluence furround ; They , who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth ...
... Mufe forbids the virtuous Man to die . ” MASON . CHA P. XXI . ON THE MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE . A H little think the gay licentious proud , Whom pleasure , power , and affluence furround ; They , who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth ...
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