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The Batchelor: Or Speculations of Jeoffry Wagstaffe, Esq. Vol. III. - Page 87
1773 - 359 pages
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Poems, Volume 1

Charles Churchill - English poetry - 1764 - 204 pages
...pow'r. The JEALOUS WIFE! — On that thy trophies raifc, Interior only to the Author's praife. From Dublin, fam'd in legends of Romance For mighty magic...her heroes arm'd victorious prove, And like a flood rufh o'er the land of Love ; MOSSOP and BARRY came. — Name's ne'er defign'd By fate in the fame fentence...
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The Rosciad. The apology. Night. The prophecy of famine. An epistle to ...

Charles Churchill - 1768 - 386 pages
...JEALOUS WIFE ! On that thy trophies raife, Inferior only to the Author's praife. ^MR ' From Dublm, fam'd in legends of Romance For mighty magic of enchanted...With which her heroes' arm'd victorious prove, And Hke a flood rum o'er the land of Love, Mossor and BARRY came. — Names ne'er defign'd By fate in the...
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Essays from The Batchelor, in Prose and Verse by the Authors of the Epistle ...

1773 - 306 pages
...confpicious, that even the ftern Churchill could not.refufe paying tribute to their merit in the folloing lines : " See Dublin, fam'd in legends of romance,...heroes arm'd, victorious prove, " And like a flood, rufh o'er the land of love.'' I fhall now point out the great benefits which civil fociety receives...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 36

Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1773 - 506 pages
...Churchill could not refufe paying tribute to their merit in the following lines: " See Dublin, faro'd in legends of romance, For mighty magic of enchanted lance. With which her heroes arm'd, vinorious prove, And like a flood, rum o'er the land of love." * I lhall now point out the great benefits...
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The Rosciad. The apology. The prophecy of famine, a Scots pastoral. An ...

Charles Churchill - English poetry - 1774 - 246 pages
...double pow'r. The JEALOUS WIFE ! On that thy trophies raife, Inferior only to the Author's praife. From Dublin, fam'd in legends of Romance For mighty magic...her heroes arm'd victorious prove, And like a flood rum o'er the land of Love, Mossop and BARRY came. — Names ne'er defign'd By fate in the fame fentence...
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Poems: By Charles Churchill ... With Large Corrections and Additions. To ...

Charles Churchill - 1776 - 190 pages
...!— On that thy trophies raile, Inferior only to the Author's praife. From Dublin) fam'd in legions of Romance For mighty magic of enchanted lance, With...which her heroes arm'd victorious prove. And like a fleod rulh o'er the land of Love ; Moflbp and Barry came.— Names ne'er delign'd By Fate, in the fame...
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The Parliamentary Register: Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of ...

Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1793 - 656 pages
...birth, the attachment of whofe natives to the fair fex was fo finely deferibed by the Poet : " From Dublin, fam'd in legends of romance, " For mighty...With which her heroes, arm'd, victorious prove, " And rufh like torrents o'er the land of Love." The confternation and terror of thofe Amazons had fpread...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 10

Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...double pow'r. The jealous wife ! on that thy trophies raife, Inferior only to the author's praife. From Dublin, fam'd in legends of romance ' For mighty magic...her heroes arm'd victorious prove, And like a flood ruth :>'er the land of love, Mrffop and Barry came — names ne'er defign'd By fate in the fame fentence...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1796 - 574 pages
...double pow'r. The Jealous Wife ! on that thy trophies raifc, Inferior only to the author's praife. From Dublin, fam'd in legends of romance For mighty magic...prove, And like a flood rulh o'er the land of love, Moffop and Barry came — names ne'er clefign'd By fate in the faîne ftntcnce to be join'd. Ivaib'd...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 542 pages
...! on that thy trophies raiie, nfenor only to die author's priJfci CHURCHILL S POEMS. From l^ublin, fam'd in legends of romance For mighty magic of enchanted...victorious prove, And like a flood rulh o'er the land o£ love, Mofiop and Barry came — names ne'er defign'd By fate in the fame fentence to be join'd....
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