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... some say , An Alderman of Cripplegate contrived , And some ascribe the invention to a priest Burly and big and studious of his ease . But rude at first , and not with easy slope Receding wide , they prefs'd against the ribs , And ...
... some say , An Alderman of Cripplegate contrived , And some ascribe the invention to a priest Burly and big and studious of his ease . But rude at first , and not with easy slope Receding wide , they prefs'd against the ribs , And ...
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... some vast wilderness , Some boundless contiguity of fhade , Where rumour of oppreffion and deceit , Of uníuccessful or fuccefsful war Might never reach me more . My ear is pain'd , My foul is fick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and ...
... some vast wilderness , Some boundless contiguity of fhade , Where rumour of oppreffion and deceit , Of uníuccessful or fuccefsful war Might never reach me more . My ear is pain'd , My foul is fick with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and ...
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... Some have played At hewing mountains into men , and fome At building human wonders mountain - high . Some have amused the dull fad years of life , Life fpent in indolence , and therefore fad , With schemes of monumental fame , and ...
... Some have played At hewing mountains into men , and fome At building human wonders mountain - high . Some have amused the dull fad years of life , Life fpent in indolence , and therefore fad , With schemes of monumental fame , and ...
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