The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... ne'er , like bullies coward - hearted , Attacks in public , to be parted . Think not , rafh fool , to fhare his fame ; Be his the honour or the fhame . Thus faid , they fwore , and rav'd like thunder ; Then dragg'd their faften'd dogs ...
... ne'er , like bullies coward - hearted , Attacks in public , to be parted . Think not , rafh fool , to fhare his fame ; Be his the honour or the fhame . Thus faid , they fwore , and rav'd like thunder ; Then dragg'd their faften'd dogs ...
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... ne'er damps his fpirit ;; Prefuming on his own deferts , On all alike his tongue exerts ; , That His noify jokes at random throws , And pertly fpatters B. 6 . PRECEPTOR . II The Cur, the Horfe, and the Shepherd's Dog; a Fable.
... ne'er damps his fpirit ;; Prefuming on his own deferts , On all alike his tongue exerts ; , That His noify jokes at random throws , And pertly fpatters B. 6 . PRECEPTOR . II The Cur, the Horfe, and the Shepherd's Dog; a Fable.
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... ne'er was giv'n before . What's lamb to me ? The faucy hint Shews me , bafe knave , which way you fquint . If t'other night your mafter loft Three lambs , am I to pay the coft ? Your vile reflections would imply That I'm a thief . You ...
... ne'er was giv'n before . What's lamb to me ? The faucy hint Shews me , bafe knave , which way you fquint . If t'other night your mafter loft Three lambs , am I to pay the coft ? Your vile reflections would imply That I'm a thief . You ...
Page 16
... ne'er the groffeft praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf ...
... ne'er the groffeft praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf ...
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... ne'er fufpects his want of fkill , But blunders on from ill to ill ; And , when he fails of all intent , Blames only unforeseen event . Left you mistake the application , The fable calls me to relation . A Bear of fhag and manners rough ...
... ne'er fufpects his want of fkill , But blunders on from ill to ill ; And , when he fails of all intent , Blames only unforeseen event . Left you mistake the application , The fable calls me to relation . A Bear of fhag and manners rough ...
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