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... present time , upon a plan hitherto unattempted , at least in this country * . It will not be thought poffible that a collection in three volumes fhould com- prise every poem of value in the language ; but it may be confidently afferted ...
... present time , upon a plan hitherto unattempted , at least in this country * . It will not be thought poffible that a collection in three volumes fhould com- prise every poem of value in the language ; but it may be confidently afferted ...
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... present age being ill disposed to make the neceffary allowances for the un- couth diction and homely sentiments of former times . Nor will any perfon be forward to rescue fuch things from oblivion , while the attempt exposes him to the ...
... present age being ill disposed to make the neceffary allowances for the un- couth diction and homely sentiments of former times . Nor will any perfon be forward to rescue fuch things from oblivion , while the attempt exposes him to the ...
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... present With fuch an eafie and unforc❜t afcent , That no ftupendious precipice denies Accefs , no horror turns away our eyes : But fuch a rife as doth at once invite 45 A pleasure , and a reverence from the fight : Thy mighty mafters ...
... present With fuch an eafie and unforc❜t afcent , That no ftupendious precipice denies Accefs , no horror turns away our eyes : But fuch a rife as doth at once invite 45 A pleasure , and a reverence from the fight : Thy mighty mafters ...
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... Presents a foe , and ev'ry foe a death . Wearied , forfaken , and pursu'd , at last All fafety in defpair of fafety plac'd , Courage he thence refumes , refolv'd to bear All their affaults , fince ' tis in vain to fear : 299 And now too ...
... Presents a foe , and ev'ry foe a death . Wearied , forfaken , and pursu'd , at last All fafety in defpair of fafety plac'd , Courage he thence refumes , refolv'd to bear All their affaults , fince ' tis in vain to fear : 299 And now too ...
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... present ease . Looking he feeds alone his famish'd eyes , Feeds ling'ring death , but looking not he dies . Yet ftill he chose the longest way to fate , Wafting at once his life , and his estate . His friends beheld , and pity'd him in ...
... present ease . Looking he feeds alone his famish'd eyes , Feeds ling'ring death , but looking not he dies . Yet ftill he chose the longest way to fate , Wafting at once his life , and his estate . His friends beheld , and pity'd him in ...
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Common terms and phrases
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