The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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... folly , lust Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and ...
... folly , lust Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time , and ...
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... Swift , With droll sobriety they raised a smile At Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly 40 TABLE TALK . 21.
... Swift , With droll sobriety they raised a smile At Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left - B . Not wholly 40 TABLE TALK . 21.
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... folly , lust employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
... folly , lust employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander , and abuse Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
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... folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
... folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears ; the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighbouring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
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... Folly and Innocence are so alike , The difference , though essential , fails to strike . Yet Folly ever has a vacant stare , A simpering countenance , and a trifling air ; But Innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
... Folly and Innocence are so alike , The difference , though essential , fails to strike . Yet Folly ever has a vacant stare , A simpering countenance , and a trifling air ; But Innocence , sedate , serene , erect , Delights us , by ...
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