The Works of the English Poets, 1–2. köideSamuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) H. Baldwin, 1779 - 315 pages |
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... mind are covetous of more disease ; And when at worst , they dream themselves quite well . To know ourfelves difeas'd , is half our cure . When nature's blush by cuftom is wip'd off , And confcience , deaden'd by repeated strokes , Has ...
... mind are covetous of more disease ; And when at worst , they dream themselves quite well . To know ourfelves difeas'd , is half our cure . When nature's blush by cuftom is wip'd off , And confcience , deaden'd by repeated strokes , Has ...
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... Mind ! Not that alone which folaces , and shines , The rough and gloomy , challenges our praise . The winter is as needful as the Spring ; The thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more ...
... Mind ! Not that alone which folaces , and shines , The rough and gloomy , challenges our praise . The winter is as needful as the Spring ; The thunder , as the fun ; a ftagnate mafs Of vapours breeds a peftilential air : Nor more ...
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... minds the pearl and gold . Thy travels doft thou boaft o'er foreign realms ? Thou ftranger to the world ! thy tour begin ; Thy tour through nature's univerfal orb . Nature delineates her whole chart at large , On foaring fouls , that ...
... minds the pearl and gold . Thy travels doft thou boaft o'er foreign realms ? Thou ftranger to the world ! thy tour begin ; Thy tour through nature's univerfal orb . Nature delineates her whole chart at large , On foaring fouls , that ...
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... minds of the first magnitude to launch In endless fpeculation , and adore ? 735 740 745 One fun by day , by night Ten thousand shine ; And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might ! 750 O what a confluence ...
... minds of the first magnitude to launch In endless fpeculation , and adore ? 735 740 745 One fun by day , by night Ten thousand shine ; And light us deep into the Deity ; How boundless in magnificence and might ! 750 O what a confluence ...
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... mind , opening at this scene , imbibes The moral emanations of the skies , While nought , perhaps , Lorenzo lefs admires ! 835 840 845 Has Has the Great Sovereign sent ten thousand worlds 850 To THE COMPLAINT , NIGHT IX . 29.
... mind , opening at this scene , imbibes The moral emanations of the skies , While nought , perhaps , Lorenzo lefs admires ! 835 840 845 Has Has the Great Sovereign sent ten thousand worlds 850 To THE COMPLAINT , NIGHT IX . 29.
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