Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 68
... close Grow wanton , and give proof to every eye , Whoever was edified , themselves were not ! Forth comes the pocket mirror . - First we stroke An eye - brow ; next compose a straggling lock ; Then with an air most gracefully performed ...
... close Grow wanton , and give proof to every eye , Whoever was edified , themselves were not ! Forth comes the pocket mirror . - First we stroke An eye - brow ; next compose a straggling lock ; Then with an air most gracefully performed ...
Page 142
... Close at his heels , a demagogue ascends , And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down , And wins them , but to lose them in his turn . Here rills of oily eloquence in soft Meanders lubricate the course they take ; The modest speaker ...
... Close at his heels , a demagogue ascends , And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down , And wins them , but to lose them in his turn . Here rills of oily eloquence in soft Meanders lubricate the course they take ; The modest speaker ...
Page 185
... Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now , with many a frisk Wide - scampering , snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth , or ploughs it with his snout ; Then shakes his powdered coat , and barks for joy . Heedless of ...
... Close behind his heel Now creeps he slow ; and now , with many a frisk Wide - scampering , snatches up the drifted snow With ivory teeth , or ploughs it with his snout ; Then shakes his powdered coat , and barks for joy . Heedless of ...
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THE TASK in Six Books | 1 |
Friendship 580 | 250 |
Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the year 1787 393 | 273 |
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