Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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... laws That thieves do país on thieves ? ' Tis very preg Ang . The law hath not been dead , though. When we wou'd play ... Laws . We have strict statutes , and most biting laws , ( The needful bits and curbs for headftrong steeds ) Which ...
... laws That thieves do país on thieves ? ' Tis very preg Ang . The law hath not been dead , though. When we wou'd play ... Laws . We have strict statutes , and most biting laws , ( The needful bits and curbs for headftrong steeds ) Which ...
Page 121
... laws to make their tortures grievous . Lucius , the bafe degen'rate age requires Severity , and juftice in its rigour : This awes an impious , bold offending world , Commands obedience , and gives force to laws . When by juft vengeance ...
... laws to make their tortures grievous . Lucius , the bafe degen'rate age requires Severity , and juftice in its rigour : This awes an impious , bold offending world , Commands obedience , and gives force to laws . When by juft vengeance ...
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... law I will maintain Until my dying day , fir , That whatfoever king fhall reign , I'll be the vicar of Bray , fir . When Royal James obtain'd the crown , And popery came in fashion , The penal laws I hooted down , And read the ...
... law I will maintain Until my dying day , fir , That whatfoever king fhall reign , I'll be the vicar of Bray , fir . When Royal James obtain'd the crown , And popery came in fashion , The penal laws I hooted down , And read the ...
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