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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... Whose brow was wrinkled o'er by care ; A great economift was the , Nor lefs laborious than the Bee ; By By penfive parents often taught What ills arife from want 32 The POETICAL The Bee, the Ant, and the Sparrow; a Fable.
... Whose brow was wrinkled o'er by care ; A great economift was the , Nor lefs laborious than the Bee ; By By penfive parents often taught What ills arife from want 32 The POETICAL The Bee, the Ant, and the Sparrow; a Fable.
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... whose enamell'd bank I'll walk , And fee how prettily they fmile , and hear How prettily they talk . VI . Ah wretched and too folitary he , Who loves not his own company ! He'll feel the weight of't many a day , Unless he call in fin or ...
... whose enamell'd bank I'll walk , And fee how prettily they fmile , and hear How prettily they talk . VI . Ah wretched and too folitary he , Who loves not his own company ! He'll feel the weight of't many a day , Unless he call in fin or ...
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... Whose iron fcourge and tort'ring hour , The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to tafte of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before , unpitied and alone , When ...
... Whose iron fcourge and tort'ring hour , The bad affright , afflict the best ! Bound in thy adamantine chain The proud are taught to tafte of pain , And purple tyrants vainly groan With pangs unfelt before , unpitied and alone , When ...
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... Whose mistress is faluted with a smack , And friend receiv'd with thumps upon the back ) When thy fleek gelding nimbly leaps the mound , And Ringwood opens on the tainted ground , Is That thy praife ? Let Ringwood's fame alone , Juft ...
... Whose mistress is faluted with a smack , And friend receiv'd with thumps upon the back ) When thy fleek gelding nimbly leaps the mound , And Ringwood opens on the tainted ground , Is That thy praife ? Let Ringwood's fame alone , Juft ...
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... Whose body Nature is , and God the foul ; That , chang'd thro ' all , and yet in all the fame ; Great in the earth , as in th ' æthereal frame ; Warms in the fun , refreshes in the breeze , Glows in the ftars , and bloffoms in the trees ...
... Whose body Nature is , and God the foul ; That , chang'd thro ' all , and yet in all the fame ; Great in the earth , as in th ' æthereal frame ; Warms in the fun , refreshes in the breeze , Glows in the ftars , and bloffoms in the trees ...
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