Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1806 - English poetry |
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... play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cypher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragged into the ...
... play them , borrows a friend's hand To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cypher , while her proxy plays . Others are dragged into the ...
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... play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand ...
... play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his fair form , And just proportion , fashionable mien , And pretty face , in presence of his God ? Or will he seek to dazzle me with tropes , As with the diamond on his lily hand ...
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... tis a name That palliates deeds of folly and of shame ) He gives the local bias all its sway ; Resolves that where he played his sons shall play , And destines their bright genius to be shown Just in 312 TIROCINIUM : OR , A.
... tis a name That palliates deeds of folly and of shame ) He gives the local bias all its sway ; Resolves that where he played his sons shall play , And destines their bright genius to be shown Just in 312 TIROCINIUM : OR , A.
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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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