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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... these there is a very material and obvious diftinction . I likewise made it a maxim to collect from as great a variety of Authors as poffible ; partly with a view of bring- ing the young scholar acquainted with the names of the most ...
... these there is a very material and obvious diftinction . I likewise made it a maxim to collect from as great a variety of Authors as poffible ; partly with a view of bring- ing the young scholar acquainted with the names of the most ...
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... these are fools of low condition , Compar'd with Coxcombs of ambition . For thofe , puff'd up with flatt'ry , dare Affume a nation's various care . They ne'er the groffeft praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe ...
... these are fools of low condition , Compar'd with Coxcombs of ambition . For thofe , puff'd up with flatt'ry , dare Affume a nation's various care . They ne'er the groffeft praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe ...
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... , ( The voice of mufic ravifh'd as he spoke . ) . Thy pray'r , thy praife , thy life to vice unknown , In fweet memorial rife before the throne : DS Thefe These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , PRECEPTOR . 57.
... , ( The voice of mufic ravifh'd as he spoke . ) . Thy pray'r , thy praife , thy life to vice unknown , In fweet memorial rife before the throne : DS Thefe These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , PRECEPTOR . 57.
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... These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , And force an angel down to calm thy mind ; For this commiffion'd , I forfook the sky : Nay , cease to kneel - Thy fellow - fervant I. Then know the truth of government divine , And let ...
... These charms , fuccefs in our bright region find , And force an angel down to calm thy mind ; For this commiffion'd , I forfook the sky : Nay , cease to kneel - Thy fellow - fervant I. Then know the truth of government divine , And let ...
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... these bones from infult to protect , Some frail memorial ftill erected nigh , With uncouth rhimes and fhapelefs fculpture deck'd , Implores the paffing tribute of a figh .. 71 Their name , their years , fpelt by th ' unletter'd Mufe ...
... these bones from infult to protect , Some frail memorial ftill erected nigh , With uncouth rhimes and fhapelefs fculpture deck'd , Implores the paffing tribute of a figh .. 71 Their name , their years , fpelt by th ' unletter'd Mufe ...
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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