Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 - English poetry |
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... claim , to shelter him from op- pression , or call in law to the assistance of justice , her will was eluded by the executors and no part of the money was ever paid . He was , however , not yet wholly abandoned : the Lady Mason still ...
... claim , to shelter him from op- pression , or call in law to the assistance of justice , her will was eluded by the executors and no part of the money was ever paid . He was , however , not yet wholly abandoned : the Lady Mason still ...
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... claim . What diff'rent honours shall the Muses pay , While one inspires and one untunes the lay ? 5 Now silver Isis bright'ning flows along , Echoing from Oxford shore each classic song , Then weds with Thane ; and these O London ! see ...
... claim . What diff'rent honours shall the Muses pay , While one inspires and one untunes the lay ? 5 Now silver Isis bright'ning flows along , Echoing from Oxford shore each classic song , Then weds with Thane ; and these O London ! see ...
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... claim , His voice , his habit , and his air , the fame . Now in the mighty ftranger we rejoice , And Britain thanks thee with a publick voice . See too the poet , a majestick shade , Lifts up in awful pomp his laurell'd head 5 10 15 1 ...
... claim , His voice , his habit , and his air , the fame . Now in the mighty ftranger we rejoice , And Britain thanks thee with a publick voice . See too the poet , a majestick shade , Lifts up in awful pomp his laurell'd head 5 10 15 1 ...
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