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 63
... thought : Doft thou fo hunger for my empty chair , That thouwilt needs inveft thee with my honours , Before thy hour ... thoughts , Which thou haft whetted on thy ftony heart , To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . What ! canft thou ...
... thought : Doft thou fo hunger for my empty chair , That thouwilt needs inveft thee with my honours , Before thy hour ... thoughts , Which thou haft whetted on thy ftony heart , To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . What ! canft thou ...
Page 94
... thoughts . And these fame thoughts people this little world , In humour , like the people of this world , For no thought is contented- Thoughts tending to content , flatter themfelves That they are not the first of Fortune's flaves ...
... thoughts . And these fame thoughts people this little world , In humour , like the people of this world , For no thought is contented- Thoughts tending to content , flatter themfelves That they are not the first of Fortune's flaves ...
Page 126
... thought , I tremble ! Cato is ftern and awful as a god ; He knows not how to wink at human frailty , Or pardon weakness that he never felt . Mar. Though ftern and awful to the foes of He is all goodnefs , Lucia , always mild , [ Rome ...
... thought , I tremble ! Cato is ftern and awful as a god ; He knows not how to wink at human frailty , Or pardon weakness that he never felt . Mar. Though ftern and awful to the foes of He is all goodnefs , Lucia , always mild , [ Rome ...
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