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... pow'r , Some pompous palace , or some blissful bow'r , Aghast you start , and scarce with aching sight Sustain th ' approaching fire's tremendous light ; Swift from pursuing horrors take your way , And leave your little ALL to flames a ...
... pow'r , Some pompous palace , or some blissful bow'r , Aghast you start , and scarce with aching sight Sustain th ' approaching fire's tremendous light ; Swift from pursuing horrors take your way , And leave your little ALL to flames a ...
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... pow'r advances pow'r ; - Till conquest unresisted ceas'd to please , And rights submitted left him none to seize . At length his sov'reign frowns ..... the train of state 150 THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES ..
... pow'r advances pow'r ; - Till conquest unresisted ceas'd to please , And rights submitted left him none to seize . At length his sov'reign frowns ..... the train of state 150 THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES ..
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... pow'r too great to keep , or to resign ? † When first the college rolls receive his name , The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame ; Resistless burns the fever of renown , Caught from the strong contagion of the gown ; † Ver . 114 ...
... pow'r too great to keep , or to resign ? † When first the college rolls receive his name , The young enthusiast quits his ease for fame ; Resistless burns the fever of renown , Caught from the strong contagion of the gown ; † Ver . 114 ...
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... pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm Till fame supplies the universal charm . Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their grandsires ' wreaths regret , From ...
... pow'r has praise , that virtue scarce can warm Till fame supplies the universal charm . Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game , Where wasted nations raise a single name ; And mortgag'd states their grandsires ' wreaths regret , From ...
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... pow'r , With unexpected legions bursts away , And sees defenceless realms receive his sway ; Short sway ! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's ...
... pow'r , With unexpected legions bursts away , And sees defenceless realms receive his sway ; Short sway ! fair Austria spreads her mournful charms , The queen , the beauty , sets the world in arms ; From hill to hill the beacon's ...
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Sida 83 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Sida 156 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain...
Sida 154 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting Novelty thy Cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate Fumes in Vain; Should Beauty blunt on Fops...
Sida 51 - To the Right Honourable the Earl of CHESTERFIELD. " MY LORD, " I HAVE been lately informed, by the proprietors of the World, that two papers, in which my Dictionary is recommended to the publick, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the...
Sida 52 - When upon some slight encouragement I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered like the rest of mankind by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Sida 160 - Lydia's monarch should the search descend, By Solon caution'd to regard his end, In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise? From Marlb'rough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.
Sida 52 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour.
Sida 144 - But here more slow, where all are slaves to gold, Where looks are merchandise, and smiles are sold; Where won by bribes, by flatteries implor'd, The groom retails the favours of his lord. But hark! th...
Sida 10 - ... wherever human nature is to be found, there is a mixture of vice and virtue, a contest of passion and reason ; and that the Creator doth not appear partial in his distributions, but has balanced, in most countries, their particular inconveniences by particular favours.
Sida 163 - WHEN Learning's Triumph o'er her barb'rous Foes First rear'd the Stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each Change of many-colour'd Life he drew, Exhausted Worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded Reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain: His pow'rful Strokes presiding Truth impress'd, And unresisted Passion storm'd the Breast.