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prefaces biographical and critical to the works of the english poets - Page 17
by SAMUEL johnson - 1781
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The Scots Magazine, Volume 26

1764 - 796 pages
...íhall harmonioully join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — fhe may not be fond to rcfign. I have found out a gift for my' fair ; I have found where the wood-pigroe But let me that plunder forbear; (breed : She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er...
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London Magazine Enlarged and Improved, Volume 20

1751 - 684 pages
...contentment and eafe, Where I could have pleafjutU ftray'd, If ought in her abfence could pkafe. I have found out a gift for my fair, I have found where the wood-pigeon* / , breed ; But then if T rob them, I fear, She might fay 'twas a barbarous deed ; For...
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The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq;: I. Elegies on ...

William Shenstone - 1764 - 376 pages
...bird mall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As fhe may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : But let rne that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd,...
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Elegies on several occasions. Odes, songs, ballads, &c. Levities; or, Pieces ...

William Shenstone - 1765 - 510 pages
...may not be fond to r«£gn. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have feund where the wood-pigeems breed : But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For lie ne'er could be true, flic aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young : And I lov'd her the...
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The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: Elegies on several ...

William Shenstone - 1773 - 370 pages
...harihonioufly join In a. concert fo foft and fo clear, A*— ihcmay notbe.&nd to .ppfifo. • 4p . I hare found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons b/eed : But let ms that plunder forbear. She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be...
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The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone: With Decorations, Volume 1

William Shenstone - 1777 - 348 pages
...bird ihall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — ihe may not be fond torefign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed : Bat let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For he ne'er could be true,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Shenstone

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 350 pages
...bird mall harmonicafty join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — me may not be fond to refign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found...that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous dead. For he ne'er could be true, fhe aver'd, Who could rob a poor bird of its young i And I lov'd...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 54

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 406 pages
...bird fhall harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As—me may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood.pigeons breed r But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For be ne'er could be true,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Shenstone

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 352 pages
...bird mail harmonioufly join In a concert fo foft and fo clear* As— fhe may not be fond to refign. 1 have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood-pigeons breedi But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twaa a barbarous deed. For \ For he ne'er could...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 53-54

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 702 pages
...bird fhall harmonioufty join In a concert fo foft and fo clear, As — me may not be fond to refign. I have found out a gift for my fair ; I have found where the wood -pigeons breedi But let me that plunder forbear, She will fay 'twas a barbarous deed. For For...
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