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" Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure ; Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his... "
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 10

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 596 pages
...treasure ! 2. Sweet the pleasure ! BOTH. Sweet is pleasure after pain ! RECITATIVE. Fir'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slcjiv the slain. The master saw the madness rise, His gloivini cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Esq: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 612 pages
...foldier's pleafure : Rich the treafure, •Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure after pain. 65 IV. Sooth'd with the found the king grew vain ; Fought...thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he flew the flain. Ver. 56. Bacchus' bleffings are a treafure, Rich the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems ..., Volume 2

John Dryden - 1811 - 616 pages
...the foldier's pleafure : Rich the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure after pain. 65 IV. Sooth'd with the found the king grew vain ; Fought...thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he flew the flain. Ver. 56. Bacchus' ble/ings are a treafvrc, Rick the treafure, Sweet the pleafure, Sweet is pleafure...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1814 - 424 pages
...pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again...; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - English poetry - 1817 - 276 pages
...treasure* Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure after pain. . .•• •• ' Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again...And thrice he routed all his foes ; and thrice he slew the slain.— The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And while...
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Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century ..., Volume 6

John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1831 - 952 pages
...like a gleaming meteor shone, And warring worlds had learned to fear. He, sternly frowning as he rose, Fought .all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, ' . And thrice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise, The hero's glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes; And while...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...pleasure : Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure ; Sweet is pleasure, after pain. SoothM with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed ail bib i'ees.ai-d thrice he slew the slain. The master SHW the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks,...
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Brighton; Or, The Steyne: A Satirical Novel ...

Thomas Brown (the elder, pseud.) - 1818 - 770 pages
...his members. The flush of Burgundy was now geen, and " Plcas'd with the sound, the peer grew Tain, Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, And thrice he skw the slain." Madame ****** was now asked for a song ; and out of compliment to the fighting peer,...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - Elocution - 1819 - 448 pages
...pleasure : Rich the treasure, Sweet the pleasure, Sweet is pleasure after pain ! , Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain : Fought all his battles o'er again...; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the The master saw the madness rise ; [slain. His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And, while...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...Rich the treasure ; Sweet the pleasure .; •Sweet is pleasure after pain. Sooth'd with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again ; And thrice he routed all his foes, and thvice he slew the slain. The master saw the madness rise ; His glowing cheeks, his ardent eyes ; And...
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