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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... peace More prone , and lenient of the many ills Which wait on human life . Your gentle aid Hygeia well can witnefs ; fhe who faves , From poisonous cates and cups of pleafing bane , The wretch devoted to the entangling fnares Of Bacchus ...
... peace More prone , and lenient of the many ills Which wait on human life . Your gentle aid Hygeia well can witnefs ; fhe who faves , From poisonous cates and cups of pleafing bane , The wretch devoted to the entangling fnares Of Bacchus ...
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... peace to wound ; Yet dreads to handle arms , nor manly counsel knows . V. 3 . ' Tis highest heaven's command , That guilty aims fhould fordid paths pursue ; That what enfnares the heart should curb the hand , And virtue's worthless foes ...
... peace to wound ; Yet dreads to handle arms , nor manly counsel knows . V. 3 . ' Tis highest heaven's command , That guilty aims fhould fordid paths pursue ; That what enfnares the heart should curb the hand , And virtue's worthless foes ...
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Robert Dodsley. Did one of all that vaunting train , Who dare affront a peaceful reign , Durft one in arms appear ? Durft one in counfels pledge his life ? Stake his luxurious fortunes in the ftrife ? Or lend his boafted name his vagrant ...
Robert Dodsley. Did one of all that vaunting train , Who dare affront a peaceful reign , Durft one in arms appear ? Durft one in counfels pledge his life ? Stake his luxurious fortunes in the ftrife ? Or lend his boafted name his vagrant ...
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... peaceful name be made a lure " The fnares of favage tyranny to aid : " Let not my words be impious chains to draw " The free - born foul , in more than brutal awe , " To faith without affent , allegiance unrepaid . " II . 1 . No cold ...
... peaceful name be made a lure " The fnares of favage tyranny to aid : " Let not my words be impious chains to draw " The free - born foul , in more than brutal awe , " To faith without affent , allegiance unrepaid . " II . 1 . No cold ...
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... peace triumphal fongs , And hail'd the pafling car ? Along the folitary * road , Th ' eternal flint by Confuls trod , We mufe , and mark the fad decays Of mighty works , and mighty days ! For these vile waftes , we cry , had Fate ...
... peace triumphal fongs , And hail'd the pafling car ? Along the folitary * road , Th ' eternal flint by Confuls trod , We mufe , and mark the fad decays Of mighty works , and mighty days ! For these vile waftes , we cry , had Fate ...
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