Poems on Several Occasions..Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and John Barber upon Lambert Hill., 1718 - 506 pages |
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... Name to this Epiftle ; when , in the Preface , I declare the Book is publifh'd almost against my Inclination . But , in all Cafes , My Lord , You have an He- reditaryRight to whatever may be called Mine . Many of the following Pieces ...
... Name to this Epiftle ; when , in the Preface , I declare the Book is publifh'd almost against my Inclination . But , in all Cafes , My Lord , You have an He- reditaryRight to whatever may be called Mine . Many of the following Pieces ...
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... Name , without de- firing to Commend the Perfon ; as it is to give Him the Commendations which His Virtues deserved . But I af- fure my self , the most agreeable Compliment I can bring Your Lordship , is to pay a grateful Respect to ...
... Name , without de- firing to Commend the Perfon ; as it is to give Him the Commendations which His Virtues deserved . But I af- fure my self , the most agreeable Compliment I can bring Your Lordship , is to pay a grateful Respect to ...
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... Name , who was one of the greatest Captains that came into ENGLAND with the Conqueror . But His making a Song the Night before the Engagement ( and it was one of the prettiest that ever was made ) carries with it fo fedate a Prefence of ...
... Name , who was one of the greatest Captains that came into ENGLAND with the Conqueror . But His making a Song the Night before the Engagement ( and it was one of the prettiest that ever was made ) carries with it fo fedate a Prefence of ...
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... of My Writing fhould appear in Print , under another Name and Patronage , than That of an Earl of DORSET , People might suspect them not to be Genuine . I have attained C attained my present End , if these Poems prove the DEDICATION .
... of My Writing fhould appear in Print , under another Name and Patronage , than That of an Earl of DORSET , People might suspect them not to be Genuine . I have attained C attained my present End , if these Poems prove the DEDICATION .
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... Name , tho ' without my Knowledge , in which the Publisher has given Me the Honor of fome Things that did not belong to Me ; and has Transcribed others fo imperfectly , that I hardly knew them to be Mine . This has obliged Me , in my ...
... Name , tho ' without my Knowledge , in which the Publisher has given Me the Honor of fome Things that did not belong to Me ; and has Transcribed others fo imperfectly , that I hardly knew them to be Mine . This has obliged Me , in my ...
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Page 423 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 90 - Pointing, the lovely moralist said : See, friend, in some few fleeting hours, See yonder, what a change is made. Ah me! the blooming pride of May, And that of beauty are but one: At morn both...
Page 352 - To master John the English maid A hornbook gives of gingerbread; And, that the child may learn the better, As he can name, he eats the letter.
Page 95 - The god of us verse-men (you know Child) the sun, How after his journeys he sets up his rest : If at morning o'er earth 'tis his fancy to run ; At night he reclines on his Thetis's breast.
Page 465 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Page 465 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
Page 22 - IN vain you tell your parting lover You wish fair winds may waft him over. Alas ! what winds can happy prove, That bear me far from what I love ? Alas ! what dangers on the main Can equal those that I sustain, From slighted vows, and cold disdain?
Page 465 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Page 474 - And apter utensils their place supply. These things and thou must share one equal lot: Die, and be lost, corrupt, and be forgot; While still another, and another race Shall now supply, and now give up the place: From earth all came, to earth must all return; Frail as the cord, and brittle as the urn.
Page 465 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.