Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All 8 TABLE TALK .
... Careless of all th ' anxiety he feels , Hook disappointment on the public wheels ; With all their flippant fluency of tongue , Most confident , when palpably most wrong ; If this be kingly , then farewell for me All 8 TABLE TALK .
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... wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of a land . Ye writers of what none with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that fancy leads : Ye novelists , who mar what ye ...
... wrong the judgment and abuse , Worse than a poignard in the basest hand , It stabs at once the morals of a land . Ye writers of what none with safety reads , Footing it in the dance that fancy leads : Ye novelists , who mar what ye ...
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... wrong , With such fine words familiar to his tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for , indiff'rent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause ) Whatever shocks , or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense ...
... wrong , With such fine words familiar to his tongue . Ye ladies ! ( for , indiff'rent in your cause , I should deserve to forfeit all applause ) Whatever shocks , or gives the least offence To virtue , delicacy , truth , or sense ...
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... he defends , He dies disputing , and the contest ends- But not the mischiefs ; they , still left behind , Like thistle - seeds , are sown by ev'ry wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 69.
... he defends , He dies disputing , and the contest ends- But not the mischiefs ; they , still left behind , Like thistle - seeds , are sown by ev'ry wind . Thus men go wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 69.
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... wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And , with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size ; One leg by truth ...
... wrong with an ingenious skill ; Bend the straight rule to their own crooked will ; And , with a clear and shining lamp supplied , First put it out , then take it for a guide . Halting on crutches of unequal size ; One leg by truth ...
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