“The” Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Robert AndersonArch, 1795 |
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Side viii
... faid that cleves thousand were fol 1 of power or influence was wanting ritten , " fays Dr. Johnfon , " without much knowledge of the thout any accurate inquiry into the hiftory of other tongues . contrary to all experience , he thinks ...
... faid that cleves thousand were fol 1 of power or influence was wanting ritten , " fays Dr. Johnfon , " without much knowledge of the thout any accurate inquiry into the hiftory of other tongues . contrary to all experience , he thinks ...
Side xviii
... faid , in a preface to one of the Irish editions , that Swift bad rever been known to take a fingle thought from any writer ancient or modern . This is not literally true ; but perhaps no writer can easily be found that has borrowed fo ...
... faid , in a preface to one of the Irish editions , that Swift bad rever been known to take a fingle thought from any writer ancient or modern . This is not literally true ; but perhaps no writer can easily be found that has borrowed fo ...
Side xx
... ( faid I ) what have I feen ! On what poor engines move The thoughts of monarchs , and defigns of flates ! What petty motives rule their fates ! How the moufe makes the mighty mountain fhake ! The mighty mountain labours with its birth ...
... ( faid I ) what have I feen ! On what poor engines move The thoughts of monarchs , and defigns of flates ! What petty motives rule their fates ! How the moufe makes the mighty mountain fhake ! The mighty mountain labours with its birth ...
Side 2
... faid ( and perhaps only faid ) We've found a little inconfiderable head , That feeds the huge unequal ftream . Conâder human folly , and you'll quickly own , That all the praifes it can give , By which fome fondly beat they hall for ...
... faid ( and perhaps only faid ) We've found a little inconfiderable head , That feeds the huge unequal ftream . Conâder human folly , and you'll quickly own , That all the praifes it can give , By which fome fondly beat they hall for ...
Side 3
... faid : May all the blood , which fhall by woman's fcorn be fhed , Lie upon you and on your childrens head ! For you ( ah ! did I think I e'er fhould live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and ...
... faid : May all the blood , which fhall by woman's fcorn be fhed , Lie upon you and on your childrens head ! For you ( ah ! did I think I e'er fhould live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and ...
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