Poems, Том 1T. Johnston, 1803 - 348 стор. |
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... pleasure .-- Change of fcene fometimes expedient . - A common defcribed , and the character of crazy Kate introduced.Gipfies.- The bleffings of civilized life . - That flate moft favour- able to virtue . The South Sea Islanders ...
... pleasure .-- Change of fcene fometimes expedient . - A common defcribed , and the character of crazy Kate introduced.Gipfies.- The bleffings of civilized life . - That flate moft favour- able to virtue . The South Sea Islanders ...
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... pleasure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not ...
... pleasure fuch as love , Confirm'd by long experience of thy worth And well - tried virtues , could alone inspire- Witness a joy that thou haft doubled long . Thou know'ft my praife of nature most fincere , And that my raptures are not ...
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... fuch preceptors , who can fail ? There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions , multiform , To which the mind reforts in chace of terms , 46 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... fuch preceptors , who can fail ? There is a pleasure in poetic pains Which only poets know . The shifts and turns , Th ' expedients and inventions , multiform , To which the mind reforts in chace of terms , 46 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. To make God's work a finecure ; a flave To his own pleasures and his patron's pride : From fuch apostles , oh , ye mitred heads , Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not ...
William Cowper. To make God's work a finecure ; a flave To his own pleasures and his patron's pride : From fuch apostles , oh , ye mitred heads , Preferve the church ! and lay not careless hands On fculls that cannot teach , and will not ...
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... pleasure , hopeless of fuccefs ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To fports which only childhood could excufe . There they are happiest who diffemble best Their wearinefs ? and they the most ...
... pleasure , hopeless of fuccefs ; Waste youth in occupations only fit For fecond childhood , and devote old age To fports which only childhood could excufe . There they are happiest who diffemble best Their wearinefs ? and they the most ...
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Сторінка 344 - Fleecy locks and black complexion Cannot forfeit nature's claim ; Skins may differ, but affection Dwells in white and black the same Why did all-creating Nature Make the plant for which we toil?
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