The Task: In Six BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 228 pages |
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Page 20
... hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand , To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays ...
... hold her cards , But cannot play them , borrows a friend's hand , To deal and shuffle , to divide and sort Her mingled suits and sequences ; and sits , Spectatress both and spectacle , a sad And silent cipher , while her proxy plays ...
Page 27
... holds out to all , should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Possess ye , therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and sedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But such as art ...
... holds out to all , should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves ? Possess ye , therefore , ye who , borne about In chariots and sedans , know no fatigue But that of idleness , and taste no scenes But such as art ...
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... hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems ... holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in ...
... hold thee fast , Freedom ! whom they that lose thee so regret , That e'en a judgment , making way for thee , Seems ... holds , Or make his house his grave : nor so content , Shall counterfeit the motions of the flood , And drown him in ...
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... hold them fast , And force them sit , till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art , 285 290 That each may find its most propitious light , 295 And shine by situation ...
... hold them fast , And force them sit , till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art , 285 290 That each may find its most propitious light , 295 And shine by situation ...
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... holds up to broad disgrace , The noblest function , and discredits much The brightest truths that man has ever seen ... hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart 570 Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapp'd The laity run wild ...
... holds up to broad disgrace , The noblest function , and discredits much The brightest truths that man has ever seen ... hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart 570 Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapp'd The laity run wild ...
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