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Let me extol a cat on oifters fed , I'll have a party at the Bedford - head ; Or ev'n to crack live craw - fith recommend ; I'd never doubt at court to make a friend . " Tis yet in vain , I own , to keep a pother About one vice ...
Let me extol a cat on oifters fed , I'll have a party at the Bedford - head ; Or ev'n to crack live craw - fith recommend ; I'd never doubt at court to make a friend . " Tis yet in vain , I own , to keep a pother About one vice ...
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He who would teach men to live well , should learn to live well himfelf ; for there is no other way to recommend virtue forcibly and effectually . And this might be brought about , and an entire reforma . tion made both in the Palpit ...
He who would teach men to live well , should learn to live well himfelf ; for there is no other way to recommend virtue forcibly and effectually . And this might be brought about , and an entire reforma . tion made both in the Palpit ...
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Bear thy lot , nor shed These unavailing forrows o'er the dead ; Thou canst not call him from the Stygian shore , But thou , alas ! may't live to fuffer niore ! To whom the king . ( ) favour'd of the kies !
Bear thy lot , nor shed These unavailing forrows o'er the dead ; Thou canst not call him from the Stygian shore , But thou , alas ! may't live to fuffer niore ! To whom the king . ( ) favour'd of the kies !
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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