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 111
... Thefe , these are arts , my prince , In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome . Jub . Thefe all are virtues of a meaner rank ; Perfections that are plac'd in bones and nerves . A Roman foul is bent on higher views : To civilize the ...
... Thefe , these are arts , my prince , In which your Zama does not stoop to Rome . Jub . Thefe all are virtues of a meaner rank ; Perfections that are plac'd in bones and nerves . A Roman foul is bent on higher views : To civilize the ...
Page 310
... thefe downs , thefe meads , thefe rocks , thefe And peace ftill flumber by thefe purling foun- Which we may every year . Find , when we come a - fifhing here . [ tains ! And a few friends , and many books , both true , Both wife , and ...
... thefe downs , thefe meads , thefe rocks , thefe And peace ftill flumber by thefe purling foun- Which we may every year . Find , when we come a - fifhing here . [ tains ! And a few friends , and many books , both true , Both wife , and ...
Page 349
... thefe two was loft , Each was to other kind ; In love they liv'd , in love they died , And left two babes behind " : The one a fine and pretty boy , Not paffing three years old : The other a girl , more young than he , And made in ...
... thefe two was loft , Each was to other kind ; In love they liv'd , in love they died , And left two babes behind " : The one a fine and pretty boy , Not paffing three years old : The other a girl , more young than he , And made in ...
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