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... court , or magnify mankind , Or thy griev'd country's copper chains unbind ; From thy Baotia1 though her pow'r retires , Mourn not , my Swift , at aught our realm acquires . Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings outspread To hatch a new ...
... court , or magnify mankind , Or thy griev'd country's copper chains unbind ; From thy Baotia1 though her pow'r retires , Mourn not , my Swift , at aught our realm acquires . Here pleas'd behold her mighty wings outspread To hatch a new ...
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... court : On each enervate string they taught the note To pant , or tremble through an eunuch's throat . * But Britain , changeful as a child at play , Now calls in princes , and now turns away : Now Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we ...
... court : On each enervate string they taught the note To pant , or tremble through an eunuch's throat . * But Britain , changeful as a child at play , Now calls in princes , and now turns away : Now Whig , now Tory , what we lov'd we ...
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... court the seeming , or the real great . Much sorrow shall he feel , and suffer more Than any slave who labours at the oar . 150 155 160 By slavish methods must he learn to please , By smooth - tongu'd flatt'ry , that curst court ...
... court the seeming , or the real great . Much sorrow shall he feel , and suffer more Than any slave who labours at the oar . 150 155 160 By slavish methods must he learn to please , By smooth - tongu'd flatt'ry , that curst court ...
Contents
An Epistle to Fleetwood Shepherd Esq | 3 |
A Better Answer | 9 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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