Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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Page 118
... leaves produced , two rough indented leaves , Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple , that portends a future sprout , And interdicts its growth . Thence straight succeed The branches , sturdy to his utmost wish ; Prolific ...
... leaves produced , two rough indented leaves , Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple , that portends a future sprout , And interdicts its growth . Thence straight succeed The branches , sturdy to his utmost wish ; Prolific ...
Page 121
... leaf , that can endure The winter's frown , if screened from his shrewd bite , Live there , and prosper . Those Ausonia claims , Levantine regions these ; the Azores send Their jessamine , her jessamine remote Caffraia : foreigners from ...
... leaf , that can endure The winter's frown , if screened from his shrewd bite , Live there , and prosper . Those Ausonia claims , Levantine regions these ; the Azores send Their jessamine , her jessamine remote Caffraia : foreigners from ...
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... leaves ; So numerous are the follies , that annoy The mind and heart of every sprightly boy ; Imaginations noxious and perverse , Which admonition can alone disperse . The encroaching nuisance asks a faithful hand , Patient ...
... leaves ; So numerous are the follies , that annoy The mind and heart of every sprightly boy ; Imaginations noxious and perverse , Which admonition can alone disperse . The encroaching nuisance asks a faithful hand , Patient ...
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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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