The idler. PoemsPafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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... once and odd , She would not do the least right thing Either for Goddess or for God , Nor work , nor play , nor paint , nor sing . Jove frown'd , and “ Use ( he cried ) those eyes So skilful , and those hands so taper ; Do something ...
... once and odd , She would not do the least right thing Either for Goddess or for God , Nor work , nor play , nor paint , nor sing . Jove frown'd , and “ Use ( he cried ) those eyes So skilful , and those hands so taper ; Do something ...
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... once easy and sublime : ' Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; ' Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . If there's a Power above us , And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her ...
... once easy and sublime : ' Tis the Divinity that stirs within us ; ' Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . If there's a Power above us , And that there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her ...
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... once mentioning a man of emi- nence , and , after having recounted his virtues , en- deavoured to represent him fully , by mentioning his faults . " Sir , " said Mr. Steady , " that he has faults I can easily believe , for who is ...
... once mentioning a man of emi- nence , and , after having recounted his virtues , en- deavoured to represent him fully , by mentioning his faults . " Sir , " said Mr. Steady , " that he has faults I can easily believe , for who is ...
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... once more in our native country " . " D SIR , No. 82. SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 10 , 1759 TO THE IDLER . ISCOURSING in my last letter on the differ- ent practice of the Italian and Dutch painters , I observed , that " the Italian painter ...
... once more in our native country " . " D SIR , No. 82. SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 10 , 1759 TO THE IDLER . ISCOURSING in my last letter on the differ- ent practice of the Italian and Dutch painters , I observed , that " the Italian painter ...
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... once said , and wonders how any man , that has been known to alter his opinion , can look his neighbours in the face . Bob is the most formidable disputant of the whole company ; for , without troubling himself to search for reasons ...
... once said , and wonders how any man , that has been known to alter his opinion , can look his neighbours in the face . Bob is the most formidable disputant of the whole company ; for , without troubling himself to search for reasons ...
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