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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... face . The crowd admire his wit , his fenfe : Each word has weight and confequence . The flatt'rer all his art difplays : He who hath power , is fure of praife . B 2 A Fox A Fox ftept forth before the reft , And thus PRECEPTOR .
... face . The crowd admire his wit , his fenfe : Each word has weight and confequence . The flatt'rer all his art difplays : He who hath power , is fure of praife . B 2 A Fox A Fox ftept forth before the reft , And thus PRECEPTOR .
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... praife ! what mighty commendation ! But ' twas a Fox who spoke th ' oration . Foxes this government may prize , As gentle , plentiful , and wife ; If they enjoy the fweets , ' tis plain We Geefe muft feel a tyrant reign . What havock ...
... praife ! what mighty commendation ! But ' twas a Fox who spoke th ' oration . Foxes this government may prize , As gentle , plentiful , and wife ; If they enjoy the fweets , ' tis plain We Geefe muft feel a tyrant reign . What havock ...
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... praife ! Good gods ! how natural he brays !. Elate with flatt'ry and conceit , He feeks his royal fire's retreat ; Forward , and fond to fhow his parts , His Highness brays ; the Lion ftarts . Puppy , that curs'd vociferation Betrays ...
... praife ! Good gods ! how natural he brays !. Elate with flatt'ry and conceit , He feeks his royal fire's retreat ; Forward , and fond to fhow his parts , His Highness brays ; the Lion ftarts . Puppy , that curs'd vociferation Betrays ...
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... praife , our daily prayer , Smile on our fields , and blefs the year . A Cloud , who mock'd his grateful tongue , The day with fudden darkness hung ; With pride and envy fwell'd , aloud A voice thus thunder'd from the cloud . Weak is ...
... praife , our daily prayer , Smile on our fields , and blefs the year . A Cloud , who mock'd his grateful tongue , The day with fudden darkness hung ; With pride and envy fwell'd , aloud A voice thus thunder'd from the cloud . Weak is ...
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... praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf - deem'd MACHIAVEL at ...
... praife miftruft , Their fycophants feem hardly just ; For thefe , in part alone , atteft The flatt'ry their own thoughts fuggeft . In this wide fphere a Coxcomb's fhown In other realms befides his own : The felf - deem'd MACHIAVEL at ...
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