The British Apollo: Containing Two Thousand Answers to Curious Questions in Most Arts and Sciences, Serious, Comical, and Humorous, Approved of by Many of the Most Learned and Ingenious of Both Universities, and of the Royal-Society, Volume 2T. Sanders, 1726 - Literary curiosa |
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... . Tell us your learned reafons , why An afs is fall'n from ftation high , From carrying princes on her back , And pamper'd priests to lowfy pack- L of of fcrubbing peafant ? And if honour Will defign to The BRITISH APOLLO . 355.
... . Tell us your learned reafons , why An afs is fall'n from ftation high , From carrying princes on her back , And pamper'd priests to lowfy pack- L of of fcrubbing peafant ? And if honour Will defign to The BRITISH APOLLO . 355.
Page 356
... defign to mount again upon her ? A. ' Tis known by men of fenfe , that all , Or men , or beafts , who rife must fall ; And fince an Afs is made to bear All burthens that in nature are ; ' Tis fure no fhame for loads of honour To ...
... defign to mount again upon her ? A. ' Tis known by men of fenfe , that all , Or men , or beafts , who rife must fall ; And fince an Afs is made to bear All burthens that in nature are ; ' Tis fure no fhame for loads of honour To ...
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... defign to confound Saul with the fury of despair . Some may perhaps expect that we fhould have drawn a two - fold ... defigning tranflators render it I am , but the more ingenu- ous or ingenious tranflators , I mentioned to you , render ...
... defign to confound Saul with the fury of despair . Some may perhaps expect that we fhould have drawn a two - fold ... defigning tranflators render it I am , but the more ingenu- ous or ingenious tranflators , I mentioned to you , render ...
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... defign , And tho ' Phoebus ne'er dances , He'll all that day fhine . Q. When Strephon first address'd my love , Expiring at my feet ; What tender fighs exprefs'd the fwain , What folemn vows repeat : But when I yielded to his arts , And ...
... defign , And tho ' Phoebus ne'er dances , He'll all that day fhine . Q. When Strephon first address'd my love , Expiring at my feet ; What tender fighs exprefs'd the fwain , What folemn vows repeat : But when I yielded to his arts , And ...
Page 386
... defign'd , Scatt'ring ftrong foes like duft before the wind . BRITONS rejoice , the long - wifh'd work is done , Nor does a prize remain , that will not foon be won . But fince from one bright SUN fo oft withdrew The fpreading vapours ...
... defign'd , Scatt'ring ftrong foes like duft before the wind . BRITONS rejoice , the long - wifh'd work is done , Nor does a prize remain , that will not foon be won . But fince from one bright SUN fo oft withdrew The fpreading vapours ...
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