Poems,J. Johnson, 1803 - 363 pages |
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Page 12
... means of life , Society for me ! -thou feeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorned , but ...
... means of life , Society for me ! -thou feeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view ; My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient taste , Now fcorned , but ...
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... mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary ftretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its ...
... mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From ftrenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The fedentary ftretch their lazy length When cuftom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deferted of its ...
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... Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Towards the Antarctic . Even the favoured ifles So ...
... Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the shivering natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Towards the Antarctic . Even the favoured ifles So ...
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... means , but he must die . Storms rife to overwhelm him : or , if ftormy winds Rife not , the waters of the deep fhall rife , And , needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rife to overwhelm him : or , if ftormy winds Rife not , the waters of the deep fhall rife , And , needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth ...
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... means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious reservoir of means Formed for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve ...
... means fince first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a capacious reservoir of means Formed for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - falve ...
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