Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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... mufic in the fong , No smartness in the jeft ; and wonders why . Yet thousands ftill defire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
... mufic in the fong , No smartness in the jeft ; and wonders why . Yet thousands ftill defire to journey on , Though halt , and weary of the path they tread . The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But BOOK I. 21 THE SOFA .
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William Cowper. The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort Her mingled fuits and fequences ; and fits , Spectatrefs both and fpectacle , a fad And ...
William Cowper. The paralytic , who can hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and fhuffle , to divide and fort Her mingled fuits and fequences ; and fits , Spectatrefs both and fpectacle , a fad And ...
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... holds out to all , fhould moft abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But fuch as art ...
... holds out to all , fhould moft abound And leaft be threatened in the fields and groves ? Poffefs ye therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and fedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But fuch as art ...
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... hold thee faft , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That even a judgment , making way for thee , Seems ... holds , Or make his house his grave : nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in ...
... hold thee faft , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That even a judgment , making way for thee , Seems ... holds , Or make his house his grave : nor fo content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in ...
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... hold them fast , And force them fit , till he has penciled off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art , That each may find its most propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs ...
... hold them fast , And force them fit , till he has penciled off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art , That each may find its most propitious light , And shine by fituation , hardly lefs ...
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