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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... once confufion rung ; They fnorted , joftled , bit , and flung . A Pack - horfe turn'd his head afide , Foaming , his eye - balls fwell'd with pride . Good gods ! ( fays he ) how hard's my lot ! Is then my high defcent forgot ? Reduc'd ...
... once confufion rung ; They fnorted , joftled , bit , and flung . A Pack - horfe turn'd his head afide , Foaming , his eye - balls fwell'd with pride . Good gods ! ( fays he ) how hard's my lot ! Is then my high defcent forgot ? Reduc'd ...
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... 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 , are learn'd by trying ; No doubt it is the ...
... 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 , are learn'd by trying ; No doubt it is the ...
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... once commit you to the air ; You'll foar aloft , or , if you pleafe , Proceed ftraight forwards at your ease : 199 The whole depends on refolution , Which you poffefs from conftitution ; And if you follow as I lead , ' Tis paft a doubt ...
... once commit you to the air ; You'll foar aloft , or , if you pleafe , Proceed ftraight forwards at your ease : 199 The whole depends on refolution , Which you poffefs from conftitution ; And if you follow as I lead , ' Tis paft a doubt ...
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... once to fury and revenge : The Daw ' twas ufelefs to purfue , His helpless brood , as next in view , With unrelenting paws he feiz'd , One's neck he wrung , another fqueez'd , Till of the number four or five , No fingle bird was left ...
... once to fury and revenge : The Daw ' twas ufelefs to purfue , His helpless brood , as next in view , With unrelenting paws he feiz'd , One's neck he wrung , another fqueez'd , Till of the number four or five , No fingle bird was left ...
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... once , to eafe the doubt , " Replies the man , I'll turn him out : " And when before your eyes I've fet him , " If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . " He faid ; then full before their fight Produc'd the beaft , and lo ! - ' twas ...
... once , to eafe the doubt , " Replies the man , I'll turn him out : " And when before your eyes I've fet him , " If you don't find him black , I'll eat him . " He faid ; then full before their fight Produc'd the beaft , and lo ! - ' twas ...
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