The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... less fure . Thus , an indulgent father warns his fons , 455 " Do this ; fly that " -nor always tells the cause ; 460 Pleas'd to reward , as duty to his will , A conduct needful to their own repofe . Great God of wonders ! ( if , thy ...
... less fure . Thus , an indulgent father warns his fons , 455 " Do this ; fly that " -nor always tells the cause ; 460 Pleas'd to reward , as duty to his will , A conduct needful to their own repofe . Great God of wonders ! ( if , thy ...
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... less conscious being , Was e'er created folely for itself : Thus man his fovereign duty learns in this Material picture of benevolence . And know , of all our fupercilious race , 710 Thou most inflammable ! Thou wafp of men !: Man's ...
... less conscious being , Was e'er created folely for itself : Thus man his fovereign duty learns in this Material picture of benevolence . And know , of all our fupercilious race , 710 Thou most inflammable ! Thou wafp of men !: Man's ...
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... less inspire The Godlike hope of ages without end . 1175 The boundless Space , through which these rovers take Their reftless roam , fuggests the fifter thought Of boundless Time . Thus , by kind Nature's skill , To man un - labour'd ...
... less inspire The Godlike hope of ages without end . 1175 The boundless Space , through which these rovers take Their reftless roam , fuggests the fifter thought Of boundless Time . Thus , by kind Nature's skill , To man un - labour'd ...
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... Less northern , lefs remote from Deity , Glowing beneath the line of the Supreme ; Where fouls in excellence make hafte , put forth Luxuriant growths ; nor the late autumn wait Of human worth , but ripen foon to gods ? Yet why drown ...
... Less northern , lefs remote from Deity , Glowing beneath the line of the Supreme ; Where fouls in excellence make hafte , put forth Luxuriant growths ; nor the late autumn wait Of human worth , but ripen foon to gods ? Yet why drown ...
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... less strongly drawn ; Aw'd , and yet raptur'd ; raptur'd , yet ferene ; 1845 Past thought illustrious , but with borrow'd beams ; In ftill approaching circles , ftill remote , Revolving round the fun's eternal Sire ? Or fent , in lines ...
... less strongly drawn ; Aw'd , and yet raptur'd ; raptur'd , yet ferene ; 1845 Past thought illustrious , but with borrow'd beams ; In ftill approaching circles , ftill remote , Revolving round the fun's eternal Sire ? Or fent , in lines ...
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