The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... Profpect of Eton College Ode on the Death of a favourite Cat , drowned in a Tub of Gold - fifhes Advice to a Lady The Lady's Looking Glafs ' The Garland The various Effects of Pride 64 169 73 74 77 78 81 83 84 85 ibid 86 87 Character of ...
... Profpect of Eton College Ode on the Death of a favourite Cat , drowned in a Tub of Gold - fifhes Advice to a Lady The Lady's Looking Glafs ' The Garland The various Effects of Pride 64 169 73 74 77 78 81 83 84 85 ibid 86 87 Character of ...
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... profpect boaft , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when a smooth expanfe receives impreft Calm nature's image on its wat'ry breaft , D 3 Down Down bend the banks , the trees depending grow , PRECEPTOR . 53 On Solitude ibid The ...
... profpect boaft , And all the tenour of his foul is loft : So when a smooth expanfe receives impreft Calm nature's image on its wat'ry breaft , D 3 Down Down bend the banks , the trees depending grow , PRECEPTOR . 53 On Solitude ibid The ...
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... Profpect of ETON COLLEGE , [ GRAY . ] 7E diftant fpires , ye antique towers , That crown the wat❜ry glade , Where grateful fcience ftill adores Her HENRY's holy fhade ; And ye that from the ftately brow Of WINDSOR's heights th ...
... Profpect of ETON COLLEGE , [ GRAY . ] 7E diftant fpires , ye antique towers , That crown the wat❜ry glade , Where grateful fcience ftill adores Her HENRY's holy fhade ; And ye that from the ftately brow Of WINDSOR's heights th ...
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... profpect lieben elegan That fees immediate good by prefent fenfe ; Reason , the future and the confequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , At beft more watchful this , but that more ftrong . The Action of the stronger to ...
... profpect lieben elegan That fees immediate good by prefent fenfe ; Reason , the future and the confequence . Thicker than arguments , temptations throng , At beft more watchful this , but that more ftrong . The Action of the stronger to ...
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... profpect rife : Prefent to grafp , and future ftill to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All fpread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes , diff'rent objects ftrike ; Hence diff'rent Paffions more or ...
... profpect rife : Prefent to grafp , and future ftill to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All fpread their charms , but charm not all alike ; On diff'rent fenfes , diff'rent objects ftrike ; Hence diff'rent Paffions more or ...
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