Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 91
... loft him , Or that I do not yet , and ever did , Why I have loft him too . Oth . Had it pleas'd Heav'n , To try me with affliction , had he rain'd All kind of fores and fhames on my bare head , Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips ...
... loft him , Or that I do not yet , and ever did , Why I have loft him too . Oth . Had it pleas'd Heav'n , To try me with affliction , had he rain'd All kind of fores and fhames on my bare head , Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips ...
Page 152
... loft a battle . Vent . So has Julius done . [ thou think ' ft ; Ant . Thou favour'ft me , and fpeak'ft not half For Julius fought it out , and loft it fairly : But Antony-- Vent . Nay , ftop not . Ant . Antony , ( Well , thou wilt have ...
... loft a battle . Vent . So has Julius done . [ thou think ' ft ; Ant . Thou favour'ft me , and fpeak'ft not half For Julius fought it out , and loft it fairly : But Antony-- Vent . Nay , ftop not . Ant . Antony , ( Well , thou wilt have ...
Page 280
... Loft , faded , broken , dead , within an hour . As goods when loft , we know , are feldom found , As fading glofs no rubbing can excite ; As flowers , when dead , are trampled on the ground , As broken glafs no cement can unite ; So ...
... Loft , faded , broken , dead , within an hour . As goods when loft , we know , are feldom found , As fading glofs no rubbing can excite ; As flowers , when dead , are trampled on the ground , As broken glafs no cement can unite ; So ...
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