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Page 19
... never met before , And of all creeds , the Jew , the Turk , the Christian . Here the proud prince , and favorite yet prouder , His fovereign's keeper , and the people's fcourge , Are huddled out of fight . Here lie abash'd The great ...
... never met before , And of all creeds , the Jew , the Turk , the Christian . Here the proud prince , and favorite yet prouder , His fovereign's keeper , and the people's fcourge , Are huddled out of fight . Here lie abash'd The great ...
Page 29
... never didst thou fee . Tho ' lull'd with fofteft founds thou lieft along , Soft mufic , warbling voices , melting lays : Ne'er didit thou hear , more sweet than fweeteft fong [ praife ! Charming the foul , thou ne'er didit hear thy No ...
... never didst thou fee . Tho ' lull'd with fofteft founds thou lieft along , Soft mufic , warbling voices , melting lays : Ne'er didit thou hear , more sweet than fweeteft fong [ praife ! Charming the foul , thou ne'er didit hear thy No ...
Page 39
... never were apart But , when the court became his end , ' He turn'd his back upon his friend . ' One day I call'd upon his grace , Just as the duke had got a place : ' I thought ( but thought amifs , ' tis clear ) ' I should be welcome ...
... never were apart But , when the court became his end , ' He turn'd his back upon his friend . ' One day I call'd upon his grace , Just as the duke had got a place : ' I thought ( but thought amifs , ' tis clear ) ' I should be welcome ...
Page 57
... never bird was half fo vain ! But were intrinfic merit feen , We Turkies have the whiter skin . From tongue to tongue they caught abufe ; And next was heard the hiffing Goole : What hideous legs ! what filthy claws ! I feorn to cenfure ...
... never bird was half fo vain ! But were intrinfic merit feen , We Turkies have the whiter skin . From tongue to tongue they caught abufe ; And next was heard the hiffing Goole : What hideous legs ! what filthy claws ! I feorn to cenfure ...
Page 61
... never faid they equal men . A Goat ( as vain as goat can be ) Affected fingularity . Whene'er a thymy bank he found , He roll'd upon the fragrant ground ; And then with fond attention flood , Fix'd o'er his image in the flood . I hate ...
... never faid they equal men . A Goat ( as vain as goat can be ) Affected fingularity . Whene'er a thymy bank he found , He roll'd upon the fragrant ground ; And then with fond attention flood , Fix'd o'er his image in the flood . I hate ...
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