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Page 135
... wonder at the jar he makes ; But let the wise and well - instructed hand Once take the shell beneath his just command , In gentle sounds it seems as it complain'd Of the rude injuries it late sustain'd , Till tuned at length to some ...
... wonder at the jar he makes ; But let the wise and well - instructed hand Once take the shell beneath his just command , In gentle sounds it seems as it complain'd Of the rude injuries it late sustain'd , Till tuned at length to some ...
Page 308
... wonder takes a thousand shapes Capricious , in which fancy seeks in vain The likeness of some object seen before . Thus Nature works as if to mock at Art , And in defiance of her rival powers ; By these fortuitous and random strokes ...
... wonder takes a thousand shapes Capricious , in which fancy seeks in vain The likeness of some object seen before . Thus Nature works as if to mock at Art , And in defiance of her rival powers ; By these fortuitous and random strokes ...
Page 421
... wonder that my intimate acquaintance with these specimens of the kind has taught me to hold the sportsman's amusement in abhorrence ; he little knows what amia- ble creatures he persecutes , of what gratitude they are capable , how ...
... wonder that my intimate acquaintance with these specimens of the kind has taught me to hold the sportsman's amusement in abhorrence ; he little knows what amia- ble creatures he persecutes , of what gratitude they are capable , how ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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Aspasio beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms death declension delight design'd distant divine docet dream e'en earth ease eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory go snacks grace hand happy hast hear heard heart Heaven honour hope Hophni and Phinehas hour JOHN GILPIN land latives learn'd liberty light live lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er once pass'd peace perhaps pity pleasure plebeian poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapinis rapture rest rude sacred scene scenes as fair scorn seem'd shew shine sighs sight skies slave smile song soon soul sound Stamp'd stream sweet taste Thaida thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas vex'd VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er wind wisdom wonder worth youth