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... Mr. Hills weeks , and fall in Mr. Bond's . + Hopeless , abandon'd , aimless , and
oppress'd , Lost to deiight , and ev'ry way distress'd , Cross his cold bed in wild
disorder thrown , Thus sigh'd Alexis , friendless , and alone --- Why do I breathe ?
... Mr. Hills weeks , and fall in Mr. Bond's . + Hopeless , abandon'd , aimless , and
oppress'd , Lost to deiight , and ev'ry way distress'd , Cross his cold bed in wild
disorder thrown , Thus sigh'd Alexis , friendless , and alone --- Why do I breathe ?
Page 155
... cease 115 To please with zeal wild zeal ! the God of Peace ? Nor less abuse
has scourg'd the civil state , When a king's will became a nation's fate . Enormous
" pow'r ! nor noble nor serene ; Now fierce and cruel " ; now but wild and mean .
... cease 115 To please with zeal wild zeal ! the God of Peace ? Nor less abuse
has scourg'd the civil state , When a king's will became a nation's fate . Enormous
" pow'r ! nor noble nor serene ; Now fierce and cruel " ; now but wild and mean .
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... cell ; “ Here pining thoughts and secret terrors dwell : 166 • Here learn the great
unreal wants to feign , “ Unpleasing truths here mortify the vain ; ' “ Here Learning
, blinded first , and then beguild , “ Looks dark as Ignorance , as frenzy wild !
... cell ; “ Here pining thoughts and secret terrors dwell : 166 • Here learn the great
unreal wants to feign , “ Unpleasing truths here mortify the vain ; ' “ Here Learning
, blinded first , and then beguild , “ Looks dark as Ignorance , as frenzy wild !
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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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