The Poetical Preceptor: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry; Extracted from the Works of the Most Eminent English Poets. ... And Calculated for the Use, Not Only of Schools, But of Private GentlemenPrinted only for S. Crowder, 1780 - 344 pages |
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... feem polite , Will feed on Geefe both noon and night ! The SHEPHERD'S DOG and the WOLF . A A FABLE . [ GAY . ] Wolf , with hunger fierce and bold , Ravag'd the plains , and thinn'd the fold : Deep in the wood fecure he lay , The thefts ...
... feem polite , Will feed on Geefe both noon and night ! The SHEPHERD'S DOG and the WOLF . A A FABLE . [ GAY . ] Wolf , with hunger fierce and bold , Ravag'd the plains , and thinn'd the fold : Deep in the wood fecure he lay , The thefts ...
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... feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf - deem'd MACHIAVEL at large By turns controuls in ev'ry ...
... feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf - deem'd MACHIAVEL at large By turns controuls in ev'ry ...
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... feem to own a friendless caufe . Afk those who know me , if diftruft E'er found me treach'rous or unjust ? Did I e'er faith or friendship break ? Afk all those creatures ; let them speak . My vigilance and trufty zeal Perhaps might ...
... feem to own a friendless caufe . Afk those who know me , if diftruft E'er found me treach'rous or unjust ? Did I e'er faith or friendship break ? Afk all those creatures ; let them speak . My vigilance and trufty zeal Perhaps might ...
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... feem'd alive : By threads fufpended , tough and small , ' Midft dufty cobwebs on a wall ; Now drefs'd in all the different dies That vary in the ev❜ning fkies , He foars at large , and on the wing Enjoys with freedom all the fpring ...
... feem'd alive : By threads fufpended , tough and small , ' Midft dufty cobwebs on a wall ; Now drefs'd in all the different dies That vary in the ev❜ning fkies , He foars at large , and on the wing Enjoys with freedom all the fpring ...
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... feem fatisfy'd and pleas'd ; The Ape approv'd of every word , At this time utter'd by the bird : But nothing in opinion chang'd , Thought only how to be reveng'd . byn It happen'd when the day was fair , That Poll was fet to take the ...
... feem fatisfy'd and pleas'd ; The Ape approv'd of every word , At this time utter'd by the bird : But nothing in opinion chang'd , Thought only how to be reveng'd . byn It happen'd when the day was fair , That Poll was fet to take the ...
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bafe beft beneath bleffing bleft blifs bofom breaft breath charms Dæmons delight dreft earth erft Eurydice Ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faid fair fame fate fcene fecret feek feem feen fenfe fhade fhall fhape fhine fhould fide fight filent fing firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foar foft folemn fome fong fool foon foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream ftrong fuch fwain fweet fwell guife happy heart heav'n himſelf honour juft laft lefs loft lyre mind moft mufe mufic muft nature nature's ne'er night nymphs o'er paffion pleafing pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride profpect purfue reafon reft rife rofe round SHAKESPEARE thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil Twas virtue whofe wife wind wings worfe youth