Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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Side 25
... fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health fuffers , and the fpirits ebb ; the heart Recoils from its own choice - at the full feaft Is famish'd - finds no ...
... fame repeated joys , That palls and fatiates , and makes languid life A pedlar's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health fuffers , and the fpirits ebb ; the heart Recoils from its own choice - at the full feaft Is famish'd - finds no ...
Side 92
... fame ( howe'er deferved ) Long held , and scarcely difengaged at last . But now with pleasant pace , a cleanlier road I mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous , and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if ...
... fame ( howe'er deferved ) Long held , and scarcely difengaged at last . But now with pleasant pace , a cleanlier road I mean to tread . I feel myself at large , Courageous , and refresh'd for future toil , If toil await me , or if ...
Side 114
... Ye fage difpenfers of poetic fame ! Th ' ambition of one meaner far , whofe pow'rs Prefuming an attempt not less fublime , Pant for the praise of dreffing to the taste Of Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber [ 14 ]
... Ye fage difpenfers of poetic fame ! Th ' ambition of one meaner far , whofe pow'rs Prefuming an attempt not less fublime , Pant for the praise of dreffing to the taste Of Of critic appetite , no fordid fare , A cucumber [ 14 ]
Side 162
... fame . Behold the schools in which plebeian minds , Once fimple , are initiated in arts Which fome may practife with politer grace , But none with readier fkill ! tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace To ...
... fame . Behold the schools in which plebeian minds , Once fimple , are initiated in arts Which fome may practife with politer grace , But none with readier fkill ! tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace To ...
Side 167
... 'rence and his worship both to rest On the fame cushion of habitual sloth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm , When he should strike , he trembles , and fets free , M 4 Himfelf Himself enslaved by terror of the band , Th ' [ 167 ]
... 'rence and his worship both to rest On the fame cushion of habitual sloth . Perhaps timidity reftrains his arm , When he should strike , he trembles , and fets free , M 4 Himfelf Himself enslaved by terror of the band , Th ' [ 167 ]
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