The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... skies ? Deluge and conflagration , dreadful powers ! Prime minifters of vengeance ! chain'd in caves Distinct , apart the giant furies roar ; Apart ; or , fuch their horrid rage for ruin , In mutual conflict would they rise , and wage ...
... skies ? Deluge and conflagration , dreadful powers ! Prime minifters of vengeance ! chain'd in caves Distinct , apart the giant furies roar ; Apart ; or , fuch their horrid rage for ruin , In mutual conflict would they rise , and wage ...
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... skies ! O how unlike those shouts of joy , that shake The whole ethereal ! How the concave rings ! Nor ftrange ! when deities their voice exalt ; And louder far , than when creation rofe , To fee creation's godlike aim , and end , So ...
... skies ! O how unlike those shouts of joy , that shake The whole ethereal ! How the concave rings ! Nor ftrange ! when deities their voice exalt ; And louder far , than when creation rofe , To fee creation's godlike aim , and end , So ...
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... skies . Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene Refumes them , to prepare us for the next . All evils natural are moral goods ; 390 All discipline , indulgence , on the whole . None are unhappy : all have cause to smile , But ...
... skies . Heaven gives us friends to bless the present scene Refumes them , to prepare us for the next . All evils natural are moral goods ; 390 All discipline , indulgence , on the whole . None are unhappy : all have cause to smile , But ...
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... skies . 545 What then remains ? Much ! much ! a mighty debt To be discharg'd : these thoughts , O Night ! are thine From thee they came , like lovers ' fecret fighs , While others flept . So Cynthia ( poets feign ) In fhadows veil'd ...
... skies . 545 What then remains ? Much ! much ! a mighty debt To be discharg'd : these thoughts , O Night ! are thine From thee they came , like lovers ' fecret fighs , While others flept . So Cynthia ( poets feign ) In fhadows veil'd ...
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... skies . And whofe eternity ? -Lorenzo ! Thine ; Mankind's eternity . Nor Faith alone , Virtue grows here ; here fprings the fovereign cure . Of almost every vice ; but chiefly Thine ; Wrath , Pride , Ambition , and impure Defire ...
... skies . And whofe eternity ? -Lorenzo ! Thine ; Mankind's eternity . Nor Faith alone , Virtue grows here ; here fprings the fovereign cure . Of almost every vice ; but chiefly Thine ; Wrath , Pride , Ambition , and impure Defire ...
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