The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volumes 39-40Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... fafe way to ufe perfume : " Here , a page fill'd with billets - doux : On t'other fide " Laid out for fhoes " - “ Madam , I die without your grace ” — “ Item , for half a yard of lace . ” Who that had wit would place it here , For every ...
... fafe way to ufe perfume : " Here , a page fill'd with billets - doux : On t'other fide " Laid out for fhoes " - “ Madam , I die without your grace ” — “ Item , for half a yard of lace . ” Who that had wit would place it here , For every ...
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... fafe as my maidenhead . So , when I came up again , I found my pocket feel very light : But when I fearch'd , and mifs'd my purfe , Lord ! I thought I should have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d'ye do ? Indeed , says I ...
... fafe as my maidenhead . So , when I came up again , I found my pocket feel very light : But when I fearch'd , and mifs'd my purfe , Lord ! I thought I should have funk outright . Lord ! Madam , fays Mary , how d'ye do ? Indeed , says I ...
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... fafe enjoyments yield . Here I , ev'n I , that ne'er till now could find troubled and fufpicious mind , Eafe to my But ever was with jealoufies poffefs'd , Am in a state of indolence and rest ; Fearful no more of Frenchmen in disguise ...
... fafe enjoyments yield . Here I , ev'n I , that ne'er till now could find troubled and fufpicious mind , Eafe to my But ever was with jealoufies poffefs'd , Am in a state of indolence and rest ; Fearful no more of Frenchmen in disguise ...
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... fafe before ; His chariots , tumbling out the dead , Lay shatter'd on the Red - Sea fhore . Rais'd up on Hope's afpiring plumes , The young adventurer o'er the deep An eagle's flight and state affumes , And fcorns the middle - way to ...
... fafe before ; His chariots , tumbling out the dead , Lay shatter'd on the Red - Sea fhore . Rais'd up on Hope's afpiring plumes , The young adventurer o'er the deep An eagle's flight and state affumes , And fcorns the middle - way to ...
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... fafe behind the cloud ) . Each poor fubfcriber to the sea Sinks down at once , and there he lies ; Directors fall as well as they , Their fall is but a trick to rife . So. So fishes , rifing from the main , Can foar THE SOUTH SEA ...
... fafe behind the cloud ) . Each poor fubfcriber to the sea Sinks down at once , and there he lies ; Directors fall as well as they , Their fall is but a trick to rife . So. So fishes , rifing from the main , Can foar THE SOUTH SEA ...
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