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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... ouzy foil Is render'd fertile by th ' o'erflowing Nile , Their dead they bury not , nor burn with fires , No graves they dig , erect no funʼral pires , E 2 } But , But , washing first th ' embowel'd body clean , [ 67 ]
... ouzy foil Is render'd fertile by th ' o'erflowing Nile , Their dead they bury not , nor burn with fires , No graves they dig , erect no funʼral pires , E 2 } But , But , washing first th ' embowel'd body clean , [ 67 ]
Page 68
Robert Dodsley. But , washing first th ' embowel'd body clean , Gums , fpice , and melted pitch they pour within ; Then with strong fillets bind it round and round , To make each flaccid part compact , and found ; And lastly paint the ...
Robert Dodsley. But , washing first th ' embowel'd body clean , Gums , fpice , and melted pitch they pour within ; Then with strong fillets bind it round and round , To make each flaccid part compact , and found ; And lastly paint the ...
Page 75
... first , the peaceful port first gain ; Hold then ! no farther launch into the main : Contract your fails ; life nothing can bestow By long continuance , but continu'd woe : The wretched privilege daily to deplore The funerals of our ...
... first , the peaceful port first gain ; Hold then ! no farther launch into the main : Contract your fails ; life nothing can bestow By long continuance , but continu'd woe : The wretched privilege daily to deplore The funerals of our ...
Page 84
... first great law by Nature giv'n , Stamp'd on our fouls , and ratify'd by Heav'n ; All from utility this law approve , As ev'ry private bliss must spring from focial love . Why deviate then fo many from this law ? See paffions , cuftom ...
... first great law by Nature giv'n , Stamp'd on our fouls , and ratify'd by Heav'n ; All from utility this law approve , As ev'ry private bliss must spring from focial love . Why deviate then fo many from this law ? See paffions , cuftom ...
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... first , beware : Danger impends , which fummons all your care . Wife , virtuous , bleft , whofe heart our precepts gain , Abandon'd , blind , and wretched , who difdain . 40 For know , our purpos'd theme resembles best The fam'd Enigma ...
... first , beware : Danger impends , which fummons all your care . Wife , virtuous , bleft , whofe heart our precepts gain , Abandon'd , blind , and wretched , who difdain . 40 For know , our purpos'd theme resembles best The fam'd Enigma ...
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