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 páginas |
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... fuch pieces as contained the most excellent precepts of morality , the strongest exhortations to virtue , and the most powerful dif fuafives from vice ; and for this purpose I had recourse to our dramatic poets , who , it is well known ...
... fuch pieces as contained the most excellent precepts of morality , the strongest exhortations to virtue , and the most powerful dif fuafives from vice ; and for this purpose I had recourse to our dramatic poets , who , it is well known ...
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... fuch as the Duke of Buckingham's Effay on Poetry , and Mr. Pope's Effay on Criticism ; for to cultivate the memory ( as is too frequently done ) to the total neglect of the judgment andthe other faculties of the mind , is , to fay the ...
... fuch as the Duke of Buckingham's Effay on Poetry , and Mr. Pope's Effay on Criticism ; for to cultivate the memory ( as is too frequently done ) to the total neglect of the judgment andthe other faculties of the mind , is , to fay the ...
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... fuch , when hunger finds a treat , ' Tis neceffary Wolves fhould eat . If mindful of the bleating weal , Thy bofom burn with real zeal ; Hence , and thy tyrant lord befeech ; To him repeat the moving fpeech : A Wolf eats fheep but now ...
... fuch , when hunger finds a treat , ' Tis neceffary Wolves fhould eat . If mindful of the bleating weal , Thy bofom burn with real zeal ; Hence , and thy tyrant lord befeech ; To him repeat the moving fpeech : A Wolf eats fheep but now ...
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... fuch worthlefs things as you . You'd foon be forc'd ( by hunger ftung ) To make your dirty meals on dung ; On which fuch defpicable need , Unpitied , is reduc'd to feed . Befides , vain felfifh infect , learn , ( If you can right and ...
... fuch worthlefs things as you . You'd foon be forc'd ( by hunger ftung ) To make your dirty meals on dung ; On which fuch defpicable need , Unpitied , is reduc'd to feed . Befides , vain felfifh infect , learn , ( If you can right and ...
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... fuch alone are truly great . If you the paths of learning flight , You're but a dunce in ftronger light ; In foremost rank , the coward plac'd , Is more confpicuoufly difgrac'd . If you to serve a paltry end , To knavifh jobs can ...
... fuch alone are truly great . If you the paths of learning flight , You're but a dunce in ftronger light ; In foremost rank , the coward plac'd , Is more confpicuoufly difgrac'd . If you to serve a paltry end , To knavifh jobs can ...
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