The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections. For the Use of Schools. Taken from the Best AuthorsG. Hamilton & J. Balfour, J. Traill, J. Brown, J. Yair, and L. Hunter, 1750 - English literature - 355 pages |
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Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead , With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loofe from drofs , the filver runs below . Long , had our pious friend in virtue trod , But now the ...
Thus artifts melt the fullen oar of lead , With heaping coals of fire upon its head ; In the kind warmth the metal learns to glow , And loofe from drofs , the filver runs below . Long , had our pious friend in virtue trod , But now the ...
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| Title | The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections. For the Use of Schools. Taken from the Best Authors Eighteenth century The Edinburgh Entertainer: Containing Historical and Poetical Collections. For the Use of Schools. Taken from the Best Authors |
| Publisher | G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, J. Traill, J. Brown, J. Yair, and L. Hunter, 1750 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 22, 2006 |
| Length | 355 pages |
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