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Those who had before paid their court to him without success , soon returned the
contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him (
for of such favours as he could bestow he was very liberal ) did not always ...
Those who had before paid their court to him without success , soon returned the
contempt which they had suffered ; and they who had received favours from him (
for of such favours as he could bestow he was very liberal ) did not always ...
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Ne'er let me be , thro ' those , from want exempt , 45 In one man's favour , in the
world's contempt : Worse in my own ! —Thro ' those to posts who rise Themselves
in secret must themselves despise , Vile , and more vile , till they at length ...
Ne'er let me be , thro ' those , from want exempt , 45 In one man's favour , in the
world's contempt : Worse in my own ! —Thro ' those to posts who rise Themselves
in secret must themselves despise , Vile , and more vile , till they at length ...
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How vain and unsuccessful ieems the toil To raise such precious fruits in foreign
soil ! They mourn , transplanted to another coast , Their beautics languid and
their favour lost : But such thy art , the rip'ning colours glow As pure as those their
...
How vain and unsuccessful ieems the toil To raise such precious fruits in foreign
soil ! They mourn , transplanted to another coast , Their beautics languid and
their favour lost : But such thy art , the rip'ning colours glow As pure as those their
...
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Contents
To the Right Hon Sir Robert Walpole | 151 |
To Mr John Dyer a Painter c | 159 |
To Aaron Hill Esq with the Tragedy of | 165 |
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| Title | Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ... Volumes 88-90 of Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Illustrated by | Thomas Stothard, John Hamilton Mortimer |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2006 |
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