Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 68
... hand depending low : The better hand more busy gives the nose Its bergamot , or aids the indebted eye With opera glass , to watch the moving scene , And recognize the slow - retiring fair.— Now this is fulsome ; and offends me more Than ...
... hand depending low : The better hand more busy gives the nose Its bergamot , or aids the indebted eye With opera glass , to watch the moving scene , And recognize the slow - retiring fair.— Now this is fulsome ; and offends me more Than ...
Page 112
... hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distempered , or has lost prolific powers , Impaired by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And succulent , that ...
... hand may discipline the shoots , None but his steel approach them . What is weak , Distempered , or has lost prolific powers , Impaired by age , his unrelenting hand Dooms to the knife : nor does he spare the soft And succulent , that ...
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... hand in hand insurance plates , Most unavoidably creates The thought of conflagration . Some fickle creatures boast a soul True as a needle to the pole , Their humour yet so various- They manifest their whole life through The needle's ...
... hand in hand insurance plates , Most unavoidably creates The thought of conflagration . Some fickle creatures boast a soul True as a needle to the pole , Their humour yet so various- They manifest their whole life through The needle's ...
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