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 31
... thing divine : for nothing natural I ever faw fo noble . Fer . Moft fure the goddess On whom thefe airs attend . Mir . There's nothing ill can dwell in fuch If the ill fpirit love fo fair a house , [ a temple : Good things will ftrive ...
... thing divine : for nothing natural I ever faw fo noble . Fer . Moft fure the goddess On whom thefe airs attend . Mir . There's nothing ill can dwell in fuch If the ill fpirit love fo fair a house , [ a temple : Good things will ftrive ...
Page 86
... Things without all Should be without regard ; what's done , is done . Macb . We have fcotch'd the fnake , not kill'd it . She'll clofe , and be herself ; whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth . But let both worlds ...
... Things without all Should be without regard ; what's done , is done . Macb . We have fcotch'd the fnake , not kill'd it . She'll clofe , and be herself ; whilst our poor malice Remains in danger of her former tooth . But let both worlds ...
Page 207
... things to like , the reft to feveral place Difparted , and between fpun out the air , And Earth felf - balanc'd on her centre hung . Let there be light , faid God , and forthwith light Ethereal , firft of things , quinteffence pure ...
... things to like , the reft to feveral place Difparted , and between fpun out the air , And Earth felf - balanc'd on her centre hung . Let there be light , faid God , and forthwith light Ethereal , firft of things , quinteffence pure ...
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