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... fame A Lion overcome by a Man Character of an excellent Man Virtue the Source of Nobility The happy Effects of ... fame Ibid . 492 Rorve 492 The killing of a Boar Otway 489 The fame Smith 489 Defcription of a populous City Young 489 ...
... fame A Lion overcome by a Man Character of an excellent Man Virtue the Source of Nobility The happy Effects of ... fame Ibid . 492 Rorve 492 The killing of a Boar Otway 489 The fame Smith 489 Defcription of a populous City Young 489 ...
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... fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The burting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrapp'd with shrouds , They rife in vifionary crowds , And all with fober ...
... fame they live , Are fenfelefs of the fame they give . Ha ! while I gaze , pale Cynthia fades , The burting earth unveils the fhades ! All flow , and wan , and wrapp'd with shrouds , They rife in vifionary crowds , And all with fober ...
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... fame and elegy fupply : [ mufe , And many a holy text around the ftrews , That teach the ruftic moralift to die . For who , to dull forgetfulness a prey , This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd , Left the warm precincts of the ...
... fame and elegy fupply : [ mufe , And many a holy text around the ftrews , That teach the ruftic moralift to die . For who , to dull forgetfulness a prey , This pleafing anxious being e'er refign'd , Left the warm precincts of the ...
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... fame Die faft away : only themselves die fafter . The far - fam'd fculptor , and the laurel'd bard , ' Those bold infurers of eternal fame , Supply their little feeble aids in vain . The tap'ring pyramid , th ' Egyptian's pride , And ...
... fame Die faft away : only themselves die fafter . The far - fam'd fculptor , and the laurel'd bard , ' Those bold infurers of eternal fame , Supply their little feeble aids in vain . The tap'ring pyramid , th ' Egyptian's pride , And ...
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... fame , and may be mine . Go then , my friend , nor let thy candid breast Cordemn me if I check the plaufive string ... fame ; Now love of eafe to fofter thoughts inclin'd His yielding foul , and quench'd the rising flame : When , lo ...
... fame , and may be mine . Go then , my friend , nor let thy candid breast Cordemn me if I check the plaufive string ... fame ; Now love of eafe to fofter thoughts inclin'd His yielding foul , and quench'd the rising flame : When , lo ...
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beauty behold bleffings bleft blifs blood bofom breaft breath charms death divine doth earth eternal Ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fcorn fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fide fighs fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep fmiles foft folemn fome fong fons foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftill ftream fuch fure fweet grace hand hath heart Heav'n honour juft king laft lefs loft lord lyre mind moft Mufe muft muſt nature ne'er night nymph o'er paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride reafon reft rife rofe ſcene ſhall ſkies ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſweet tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Twas vafe virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth