The Preface to the FablesUniversity Press, 1912 - 36 sivua |
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... Fortunes : They are to be found at large in all the Editions of his Works . He was employ'd abroad , and favour'd by Edward the Third , Richard the Second , and Henry the Fourth , and was Poet , as I suppose , to all Three of them . In ...
... Fortunes : They are to be found at large in all the Editions of his Works . He was employ'd abroad , and favour'd by Edward the Third , Richard the Second , and Henry the Fourth , and was Poet , as I suppose , to all Three of them . In ...
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... fortune then began to fail . Tyburn , at length , his triumphs ended On Hounslow Heath to be suspended In time the iron chains gave way , And to preserve him from decay , I had the unsettled bones new set , And plac'd them in my Cabinet ...
... fortune then began to fail . Tyburn , at length , his triumphs ended On Hounslow Heath to be suspended In time the iron chains gave way , And to preserve him from decay , I had the unsettled bones new set , And plac'd them in my Cabinet ...
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... Fortune has made great , I wish to keep th ' important seat ; Nay , I confess , it is my plan T'enjoy the good things while I can , And much I strive to shape my station To the good wishes of the nation : Nor do I want the proper tools ...
... Fortune has made great , I wish to keep th ' important seat ; Nay , I confess , it is my plan T'enjoy the good things while I can , And much I strive to shape my station To the good wishes of the nation : Nor do I want the proper tools ...
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... Fortune smiles on all they're doing , Yet find , at last , their time misspent , As they have never found Content . Though Power and Wealth may be obtain❜d , It follows not that they have gain'd The chearful heart , th ' approving hour ...
... Fortune smiles on all they're doing , Yet find , at last , their time misspent , As they have never found Content . Though Power and Wealth may be obtain❜d , It follows not that they have gain'd The chearful heart , th ' approving hour ...
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... Fortune to his will . His hopes were by such fancies cheer'd : For , looking round him , it appear'd That men , no better than himself , Had gain'd in time large stores of pelf ; That Bricklayers , Masons and Surveyors , Had turn'd to ...
... Fortune to his will . His hopes were by such fancies cheer'd : For , looking round him , it appear'd That men , no better than himself , Had gain'd in time large stores of pelf ; That Bricklayers , Masons and Surveyors , Had turn'd to ...
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