English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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Page 138
... pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , 190 195 200 205 She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with ...
... pride , the never - failing vice of fools . Whatever Nature has in worth denied , 190 195 200 205 She gives in large recruits of needful pride ; For as in bodies , thus in souls , we find What wants in blood and spirits , swell'd with ...
Page 211
... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : 160 Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear ...
... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for natʼral things : 160 Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . Better for us , perhaps , it might appear ...
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... pride na pride had he , 2 But wad hae spent an hour caressin , Ev'n wi ' a tinkler - gipsey's messin : 3 At kirk or market , mill or smiddie , Nae tawted * tyke , tho ' e'er sae duddie , But he wad stan't , as glad to see him , An ...
... pride na pride had he , 2 But wad hae spent an hour caressin , Ev'n wi ' a tinkler - gipsey's messin : 3 At kirk or market , mill or smiddie , Nae tawted * tyke , tho ' e'er sae duddie , But he wad stan't , as glad to see him , An ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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