Moore. Cawthorne. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. Littleton. GaySamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... turn Your faith about , By arguments experter . IV . The ladies , pale and out of breath , Wild as the witches in Macbeth , Afk if the " deed be done ! " O , David ! liften to my lay ! I'll prophefy the things they'll fay ; For tongues ...
... turn Your faith about , By arguments experter . IV . The ladies , pale and out of breath , Wild as the witches in Macbeth , Afk if the " deed be done ! " O , David ! liften to my lay ! I'll prophefy the things they'll fay ; For tongues ...
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... turn'd , and told the prisoner , She was a thief , and so she'd chriften her ; And that it was a burning fhame , And brought the houfe an evil name ; And if she did not put the heart in , The man would pine and die for certain . The ...
... turn'd , and told the prisoner , She was a thief , and so she'd chriften her ; And that it was a burning fhame , And brought the houfe an evil name ; And if she did not put the heart in , The man would pine and die for certain . The ...
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... turn , And buzz'd abroad , that crows love corn . The Owl arofe , with folemn face , And thus harangu'd upon the cafe . That magpies prate , it may be true , A kite may be voracious too , Crows fometimes deal in new - fown peafe ; He ...
... turn , And buzz'd abroad , that crows love corn . The Owl arofe , with folemn face , And thus harangu'd upon the cafe . That magpies prate , it may be true , A kite may be voracious too , Crows fometimes deal in new - fown peafe ; He ...
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... turn'd to ridicule , Applauded by the grinning fool . The artful Fox your wit commends , To lure you to his selfish ends ; From the vile flatt'rer turn away , For knaves make friendships to betray . Difmifs the train of fops , and fools ...
... turn'd to ridicule , Applauded by the grinning fool . The artful Fox your wit commends , To lure you to his selfish ends ; From the vile flatt'rer turn away , For knaves make friendships to betray . Difmifs the train of fops , and fools ...
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... turn , drew near , And humbly crav'd a fervant's share ; Her modeft worth the Mafter knew , And straight the fatt ... turns to stare , But men of fenfe avoid the fnare . As on the margin of the flood , With filken line , my Lydia ftood ...
... turn , drew near , And humbly crav'd a fervant's share ; Her modeft worth the Mafter knew , And straight the fatt ... turns to stare , But men of fenfe avoid the fnare . As on the margin of the flood , With filken line , my Lydia ftood ...
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