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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Page 125
... cou'd not forbear A Tho ' his life was in danger , old port and stale beer , Gave the doctors the hearing - but still wou'd drink on , Till the dropfy had fwell'd him as big as a ton . The more he took phyfic the worse still he grew ...
... cou'd not forbear A Tho ' his life was in danger , old port and stale beer , Gave the doctors the hearing - but still wou'd drink on , Till the dropfy had fwell'd him as big as a ton . The more he took phyfic the worse still he grew ...
Page 139
... cou'd tell Where laurels grew , whence many a wreath antique ; But more advis'd to shun the barren twig , ( What is immortal verdure without fruit ? ) And woo fome thriving art : her num'rous mines Were open to the fearcher's skill and ...
... cou'd tell Where laurels grew , whence many a wreath antique ; But more advis'd to shun the barren twig , ( What is immortal verdure without fruit ? ) And woo fome thriving art : her num'rous mines Were open to the fearcher's skill and ...
Page 146
Robert Dodsley. Cou'd the pure crimson tide , the nobleft blood That ever flow'd , to fuch a puddle turn ? She ends , like her long Appian , in a marsh ; Or Jordan's river pouring his clear urn Into the black Afphaltus ' flimy lap ...
Robert Dodsley. Cou'd the pure crimson tide , the nobleft blood That ever flow'd , to fuch a puddle turn ? She ends , like her long Appian , in a marsh ; Or Jordan's river pouring his clear urn Into the black Afphaltus ' flimy lap ...
Page 175
... cou'd expect him to keep touch ; ' Tis fo , my dear , with all mankind ; When out of fight you're out of mind , Think you he'd to his fifters write ? Was ever girl fo unpolite ! Some fair Italian ftands poffefs'd , And reigns fole ...
... cou'd expect him to keep touch ; ' Tis fo , my dear , with all mankind ; When out of fight you're out of mind , Think you he'd to his fifters write ? Was ever girl fo unpolite ! Some fair Italian ftands poffefs'd , And reigns fole ...
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