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" Kings have long hands (they say) and though I be So distant, they may reach at length to me. However, of all Princes, thou... "
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by Abraham Cowley - 1772
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Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several ..., Volume 2

Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1765 - 278 pages
...flng, when I (boulJ plough i When When I but think, how many a. tedious year Our patient fov'raign did attend His long misfortunes fatal end ; How chearfully,...fear, On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend, 1 ought to be accurft, if I refufe To wait on his, O thou fallacious mufe! Kings have long hands (they...
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Preface on the manner of writing dialogue. Dialogue 1. On sincerity in the ...

Richard Hurd - 1771 - 284 pages
...ftill and fing, when I fliould plough ; When I but think, how many a tedious year Our patient fov'reign did attend His long misfortunes fatal end ; How chearfully,...Great Sovereign's will he did depend, I ought to be accurft, if I refufe To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! Kings hare long hands (they fay) and...
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the ...

Richard Hurd - 1776 - 282 pages
...'• '" .' tn , i * O * »«TI When -. When I but think, how many a tedious year Our patient fov'reign did attend His long misfortunes fatal end ; How chearfully,...Great Sovereign's will he did depend, I ought to be accurft, if I refufe To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! Kings have long hands (they fay) and...
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Volume 1

Richard Hurd - 1776 - 294 pages
...chearfully, and how exempt from fear, On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend, I ought to be accurft, if I refufe To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! Kings have longhands (they fay) and though I be So diftant, they may reach at length to me. However, of all princes,...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 37-38

John Bell - 1777 - 658 pages
...tedious year I5O Our patient Sovereign did at ts-nd His long misfortune's fatal end, How eheerfully, and how exempt from fear, On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend, I ought to be aeeurs'd if I refufe 155 To wait on his, O thou fallaeious Mufe ! Kings have long hands, they fay,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Cowley

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 378 pages
...ftill and fmg, when I mould plough., " When I but think how many a tedious year " Our patient fovereign did attend " His long misfortunes' fatal end ; " How...Great Sovereign's will he did depend ; " I ought to be accui'ft, if I refufe " To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! " Kings have long hands, they fay...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 7

English poets - 1790 - 296 pages
...ftill and fmg, when I mould plough. " When I but think Jiow many a tedious year " Ouf patient fovereign did attend " His long misfortunes' fatal end ; " How...Great Sovereign's will he did depend ; " I ought to be accurft, if I refufe " To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! " Kings have long hands, they fay;...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...a tedious' year OT patient Sovereigtulid attend t lis long misfortunes' fatal end ; How cheerfully, and how exempt from fear, On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend, I ought to be accurs'd if I rcfufe To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe I Kings h»ve long hands, t'lty fay, and tho" I be So...
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Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 842 pages
...tedious year " Our patient fovercign did attend " His long misfortunes' fatal end ; " How cheerfully, and how exempt from fear, " On 'the Great Sovereign's will he did depend; " I ought to be accurft, if I refnfe " To wait on his, O thou fallacious Mufe ! " Kings kave longhands, they lay; and,...
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The Works of Abraham Cowley, Volume 1

Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 pages
...tedious year " Our patient sovereign did attend " His long misfortunes' fatal end ; " How cheerfully, and how exempt from fear, " On the Great Sovereign's will he did depend ; " I ought to be accurst, if I refuse " To wait on his, O thou fallacious Muse ! " Kings have long hands, they say;...
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