The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... fide Rebounded from the maftiff's hide . All reeking now with sweat and blood , A while the parted warriors ftood , Then pour'd upon the meddling foe ; Who , worried , howl'd and fprawl'd below . He rofe ; and limping from the fray , By ...
... fide Rebounded from the maftiff's hide . All reeking now with sweat and blood , A while the parted warriors ftood , Then pour'd upon the meddling foe ; Who , worried , howl'd and fprawl'd below . He rofe ; and limping from the fray , By ...
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... fide's pretence . When you perufe the clearest case , You fee it with a double face : For fcepticifm's your profeffion ; You hold there's doubt in all expreffion . Hence is the bar with fees fupply'd , Hence eloquence takes either fide ...
... fide's pretence . When you perufe the clearest case , You fee it with a double face : For fcepticifm's your profeffion ; You hold there's doubt in all expreffion . Hence is the bar with fees fupply'd , Hence eloquence takes either fide ...
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... fide ; Thy guilt thefe applications fpeak : Sirrah , ' tis confcience makes you fqueak . So faying , on the Fox he flies . The felf - convicted felon dies . The BEAR in A a BOAT . T TO A сохсом в . A FABLE . [ GAY . ] HAT man muft daily ...
... fide ; Thy guilt thefe applications fpeak : Sirrah , ' tis confcience makes you fqueak . So faying , on the Fox he flies . The felf - convicted felon dies . The BEAR in A a BOAT . T TO A сохсом в . A FABLE . [ GAY . ] HAT man muft daily ...
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... fide . The beafts aftonifh'd line the strand ; The anchor's weigh'd , he drives from land : The flack fail fhifts from fide to fide ; The boat untrimm'd admits the tide . Borne down , adrift , at random toft , His oar breaks fhort , the ...
... fide . The beafts aftonifh'd line the strand ; The anchor's weigh'd , he drives from land : The flack fail fhifts from fide to fide ; The boat untrimm'd admits the tide . Borne down , adrift , at random toft , His oar breaks fhort , the ...
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... fide - board fhone , Their confcience always was their own ; They ne'er at levees meanly fawn'd , Nor was their honour yearly pawn'd ; Their hands , by no corruption ftain'd , The minifterial bribe difdain'd ; They ferv'd the crown with ...
... fide - board fhone , Their confcience always was their own ; They ne'er at levees meanly fawn'd , Nor was their honour yearly pawn'd ; Their hands , by no corruption ftain'd , The minifterial bribe difdain'd ; They ferv'd the crown with ...
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bafe beft beneath bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft breath charms Dæmons delight dreft earth erft Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fecret feek feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhape fhine fhould fide fight filent fing firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foar foft folemn fome fong fool foon foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream ftrong fuch fwain fweet fwell guife happy heart heav'n himſelf honour juft laft lefs loft lyre mind moft mufe mufic muft nature nature's ne'er night nymphs o'er paffion pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profpect purfue reafon reft rife rofe round SHAKESPEARE thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil Twas virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth