The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, 55–56. köideSamuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... God , The fun of being , boundlefs , unimpair'd , Centre of fouls ! Nor does the faithful voice Of nature ceafe to prompt their eager steps Aright ; nor is the care of heaven withheld From granting to the task proportion'd aid ; That in ...
... God , The fun of being , boundlefs , unimpair'd , Centre of fouls ! Nor does the faithful voice Of nature ceafe to prompt their eager steps Aright ; nor is the care of heaven withheld From granting to the task proportion'd aid ; That in ...
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... gods . Nor did the Sire Omnipotent forget His tender bloom to cherish ; nor withheld Cœleftial footsteps from his green abode . Oft from the radiant honours of his throne , He fent whom moft he lov'd , the fovran fair , The effluence of ...
... gods . Nor did the Sire Omnipotent forget His tender bloom to cherish ; nor withheld Cœleftial footsteps from his green abode . Oft from the radiant honours of his throne , He fent whom moft he lov'd , the fovran fair , The effluence of ...
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... gods and mortals ! whofe right arm With reins eternal guides the moving heavens , Bend thy propitious ear . Behold well - pleas'd I feek to finish thy divine decree . With frequent steps I vifit yonder feat Of man , thy offspring ; from ...
... gods and mortals ! whofe right arm With reins eternal guides the moving heavens , Bend thy propitious ear . Behold well - pleas'd I feek to finish thy divine decree . With frequent steps I vifit yonder feat Of man , thy offspring ; from ...
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... gods , because you are igno- rant of the purposes to which they are fubfervient , and in what manner they contribute to that fupreme intention of good to the whole . " Plato de Leg . X. 16 . This theory has been delivered of late ...
... gods , because you are igno- rant of the purposes to which they are fubfervient , and in what manner they contribute to that fupreme intention of good to the whole . " Plato de Leg . X. 16 . This theory has been delivered of late ...
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... gods , that they had not fuffered him to make any great proficiency in the arts of eloquence and poetry , left by that means the fhould have been diverted from pursuits of more importance importance to his high station . Speaking of the ...
... gods , that they had not fuffered him to make any great proficiency in the arts of eloquence and poetry , left by that means the fhould have been diverted from pursuits of more importance importance to his high station . Speaking of the ...
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