The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson, Volumen15John Nichols, 1790 |
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... Muse were fitter for this part ; For , I profefs , I can be very fmart On wit , which I abhor with all my I long to lash it in fome sharp effay , But your grand indiscretion bids me ftay , And turns my tide of ink another way . What ...
... Muse were fitter for this part ; For , I profefs , I can be very fmart On wit , which I abhor with all my I long to lash it in fome sharp effay , But your grand indiscretion bids me ftay , And turns my tide of ink another way . What ...
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... Muse . For fongs and verses mannerly obscene , That can ftir Nature up by fprings unfeen , And , without forcing blushes , warm the queen ; Sedley has that prevailing gentle art , That can with a refiftless power impart The loofeft ...
... Muse . For fongs and verses mannerly obscene , That can ftir Nature up by fprings unfeen , And , without forcing blushes , warm the queen ; Sedley has that prevailing gentle art , That can with a refiftless power impart The loofeft ...
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... Muse betray'd !: How nice the reputation of the maid ! Your early , kind , paternal care appears , By chafte inftruction of her tender years . The first impreffion in her infant breaft Will be the deepest , and should be the best . Let ...
... Muse betray'd !: How nice the reputation of the maid ! Your early , kind , paternal care appears , By chafte inftruction of her tender years . The first impreffion in her infant breaft Will be the deepest , and should be the best . Let ...
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... Muse , " True to herself , fhall barbarous aid refufe , And in the Roman majefty appear , Which none know better , and none come fo near . TO THE EARL OF ROSCOMMON , A ON HIS ESSAY ON TRANSLATED VERSE , BY DR . CHETWOOD , 1684 . S when ...
... Muse , " True to herself , fhall barbarous aid refufe , And in the Roman majefty appear , Which none know better , and none come fo near . TO THE EARL OF ROSCOMMON , A ON HIS ESSAY ON TRANSLATED VERSE , BY DR . CHETWOOD , 1684 . S when ...
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... Muse the graver's pencil need , To draw the hero on his prancing steed ; Thy living verfe fhall paint th ' imbattled hoft In bolder figures than his art can boast . While the low tribe of vulgar writers strive , By mean false arts to ...
... Muse the graver's pencil need , To draw the hero on his prancing steed ; Thy living verfe fhall paint th ' imbattled hoft In bolder figures than his art can boast . While the low tribe of vulgar writers strive , By mean false arts to ...
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