A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes, Volume 6For R. and J. Dodsley, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall, 1763 - 336 pages |
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... first allegorical deities , or powers of nature ; according to the doctrine of the old mythological poets , concerning the gene- ration of the Gods and the rife of things . They are then fucceffively confidered , as giving motion to the ...
... first allegorical deities , or powers of nature ; according to the doctrine of the old mythological poets , concerning the gene- ration of the Gods and the rife of things . They are then fucceffively confidered , as giving motion to the ...
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... First of the lonely powers , ere Time arose , Were Love and Chaos . Love , the fire of Fate ; Elder than Chaos . Born of Fate was Time , Who many fons and many comely births Devour'd , relentless father : till the child Of Rhea drove ...
... First of the lonely powers , ere Time arose , Were Love and Chaos . Love , the fire of Fate ; Elder than Chaos . Born of Fate was Time , Who many fons and many comely births Devour'd , relentless father : till the child Of Rhea drove ...
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... of Græcian fame : Who first the race with freedom fir'd ; From whom Lycurgus Sparta's fons inspir'd ; From whom Platean palms and Cyprian trophies came . VOL . VI . * Homer . B II . 3. O II . 3 . O nobleft , happiest age ! [ 17 ]
... of Græcian fame : Who first the race with freedom fir'd ; From whom Lycurgus Sparta's fons inspir'd ; From whom Platean palms and Cyprian trophies came . VOL . VI . * Homer . B II . 3. O II . 3 . O nobleft , happiest age ! [ 17 ]
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... fhade ; In these fad feats , an early grave he found , And the first rites to gloomy Dis convey'd . * He is faid to be the firft person buried in this monument . Witnefs Witness † thou Field of Mars , that oft hadft [ 45 ]
... fhade ; In these fad feats , an early grave he found , And the first rites to gloomy Dis convey'd . * He is faid to be the firft person buried in this monument . Witnefs Witness † thou Field of Mars , that oft hadft [ 45 ]
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... First Bacon ufher'd in the dawning day , And drove the mists of fophiftry away ; Perva led nature with amazing force , Following experience ftill throughout his course , And finishing at length his deftin'd way , To Newton he bequeathed ...
... First Bacon ufher'd in the dawning day , And drove the mists of fophiftry away ; Perva led nature with amazing force , Following experience ftill throughout his course , And finishing at length his deftin'd way , To Newton he bequeathed ...
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