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Page 292
... less than hers , not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry , but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone , Resplendent less , but of an ampler round . Come then , and thou shalt find thy votary calin , Or make me so ...
... less than hers , not worn indeed on high With ostentatious pageantry , but set With modest grandeur in thy purple zone , Resplendent less , but of an ampler round . Come then , and thou shalt find thy votary calin , Or make me so ...
Page 344
... less , methinks , than sacrilege might serve ( For , was it less , what heathen would have dared To strip Jove's statue of his oaken wreath , And hang it up in honour of a man ? ) Much less might serve , when all that we design ut to ...
... less , methinks , than sacrilege might serve ( For , was it less , what heathen would have dared To strip Jove's statue of his oaken wreath , And hang it up in honour of a man ? ) Much less might serve , when all that we design ut to ...
Page 370
... less ignominious fate : The props of such proud seminaries fall , The Jachin and the Boaz of them all . Great ... less , Exults in his miscarriage if he fail , Deems his reward too great if he prevail , And labours to surpass him day and ...
... less ignominious fate : The props of such proud seminaries fall , The Jachin and the Boaz of them all . Great ... less , Exults in his miscarriage if he fail , Deems his reward too great if he prevail , And labours to surpass him day and ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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