Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , VOL . II . * See Poems , vol . i . B Or velvet foft , or plufh ...
... Fair commands the fong . Time was , when clothing fumptuous or for use , Save their own painted skins , our fires had none . As yet black breeches were not ; satin smooth , VOL . II . * See Poems , vol . i . B Or velvet foft , or plufh ...
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... fair , Heard the fweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midft an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens ...
... fair , Heard the fweet moan with pity , and devised The foft fettee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midft an elbow it received , United yet divided , twain at once . So fit two kings of Brentford on one throne ; And fo two citizens ...
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... fair profpect ; fcenes that foothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in ...
... fair profpect ; fcenes that foothed Or charmed me young , no longer young , I find Still foothing , and of power to charm me still . And witness , dear companion of my walks , Whose arm this twentieth winter I perceive Fast locked in ...
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... Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more : The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And ...
... Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far diftant , fuch as he would die to find- He feeks them headlong , and is feen no more : The spleen is feldom felt where Flora reigns ; The lowering eye , the petulance , the frown , And ...
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... fair May yet be foul ; fo witty , yet not wise . It is not feemly , nor of good report , That she is flack in difcipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers ...
... fair May yet be foul ; fo witty , yet not wise . It is not feemly , nor of good report , That she is flack in difcipline ; more prompt To avenge than to prevent the breach of law : That she is rigid in denouncing death On petty robbers ...
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