Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... fweet liberty infpires , And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of conftitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul , But if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe , 7 One ...
... fweet liberty infpires , And keeps alive his fierce but noble fires . Patient of conftitutional controul , He bears it with meek manliness of foul , But if authority grow wanton , woe To him that treads upon his free - born toe , 7 One ...
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... fweet . Will not the ficklieft fheep of ev'ry flock , Refort to this example as a rock , There ftand and justify the foul abuse of fabbath hours , with plaufible excufe ? If apoftolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays , why ...
... fweet . Will not the ficklieft fheep of ev'ry flock , Refort to this example as a rock , There ftand and justify the foul abuse of fabbath hours , with plaufible excufe ? If apoftolic gravity be free To play the fool on Sundays , why ...
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... fweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , would tell you ' tis a lie , And judge you from the kennel and the ftye . Delights like thefe , ye fenfual and profane , 1 Ye are bid , beg'd ...
... fweet philofophy's enjoyments run Quite to the lees ? And has religion none ? Brutes capable , would tell you ' tis a lie , And judge you from the kennel and the ftye . Delights like thefe , ye fenfual and profane , 1 Ye are bid , beg'd ...
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... as they go , Chaf'd him and brought dull nature to a glow ; Or whether clearer fkies and fofter air That make Italian flow'rs fo fweet and fair , Fresh'ning Fresh'ning his lazy fpirits as he ran , Unfolded genially THE PROGRESS OF ERROR 61.
... as they go , Chaf'd him and brought dull nature to a glow ; Or whether clearer fkies and fofter air That make Italian flow'rs fo fweet and fair , Fresh'ning Fresh'ning his lazy fpirits as he ran , Unfolded genially THE PROGRESS OF ERROR 61.
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... fweet voice . Cry to her univerfal realm , rejoice . Man feels the fpur of paffions and defires , And she gives largely more than he requires ; Not that his hours devoted all to care , Hollow - ey'd abftinence and lean despair , The ...
... fweet voice . Cry to her univerfal realm , rejoice . Man feels the fpur of paffions and defires , And she gives largely more than he requires ; Not that his hours devoted all to care , Hollow - ey'd abftinence and lean despair , The ...
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