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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... Say , is there any point fo nice , As that of offering an advice ? To bid your friend his errors mend , Is almoft certain to offend : Tho ' you in fofteft terms advise , Confefs him good ; admit him wife ; In vain you fweeten the ...
... Say , is there any point fo nice , As that of offering an advice ? To bid your friend his errors mend , Is almoft certain to offend : Tho ' you in fofteft terms advise , Confefs him good ; admit him wife ; In vain you fweeten the ...
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... Says Reynard , ' Tis a cruel cafe , That man fhould ftigmatize our race . No doubt , among us rogues you find , As among dogs and human kind And yet ( unknown to me and you ) There may be honeft men . and true .. Thus flander tries ...
... Says Reynard , ' Tis a cruel cafe , That man fhould ftigmatize our race . No doubt , among us rogues you find , As among dogs and human kind And yet ( unknown to me and you ) There may be honeft men . and true .. Thus flander tries ...
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... Say , mayn't I , without dread or care , At once commit me to the air , And not fall down and break my bones Upon those hard and Alinty stones ? Say , if to ftir my limbs before Will make me glide along or foar ? All things , they fay ...
... Say , mayn't I , without dread or care , At once commit me to the air , And not fall down and break my bones Upon those hard and Alinty stones ? Say , if to ftir my limbs before Will make me glide along or foar ? All things , they fay ...
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... say , Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn , Brushing with hafty fteps the dews away , ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn . < There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots fo high , His liftless ...
... say , Oft have we feen him at the peep of dawn , Brushing with hafty fteps the dews away , ' To meet the fun upon the upland lawn . < There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots fo high , His liftless ...
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... Say , father THAMES , ( for thou haft feen Full many a fprightly race , Difporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace , ) Who foremost now delights to cleave With pliant arms thy glaffy wave ? The captive linnet which ...
... Say , father THAMES , ( for thou haft feen Full many a fprightly race , Difporting on thy margent green , The paths of pleasure trace , ) Who foremost now delights to cleave With pliant arms thy glaffy wave ? The captive linnet which ...
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