The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts, Volume 3F. and C. Rivington, 1802 - 383 páginas |
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... once ; in ages they no more Could know , or do , or covet , or enjoy . Were man to live coëval with the sun , The patriarch - pupil would be learning still ; Yet , dying , leave his lesson half unlearnt . Men perish in advance , as if ...
... once ; in ages they no more Could know , or do , or covet , or enjoy . Were man to live coëval with the sun , The patriarch - pupil would be learning still ; Yet , dying , leave his lesson half unlearnt . Men perish in advance , as if ...
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... once ; Blest , incommunicable privilege ! for which Proud man , who rules the globe , and reads the stars , Philosopher , or hero , sighs in vain . Account for this prerogative in brutes . No day , no glimpse of day , to solve the knot ...
... once ; Blest , incommunicable privilege ! for which Proud man , who rules the globe , and reads the stars , Philosopher , or hero , sighs in vain . Account for this prerogative in brutes . No day , no glimpse of day , to solve the knot ...
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... to perish when most fit to live , O how mis - spent were all these stratagems , By skill divine inwoven in our frame ! Where are heav'n's holiness and mercy fled ? C 3 Laughs heav'n , at once , at virtue , and THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED 21.
... to perish when most fit to live , O how mis - spent were all these stratagems , By skill divine inwoven in our frame ! Where are heav'n's holiness and mercy fled ? C 3 Laughs heav'n , at once , at virtue , and THE INFIDEL RECLAIMED 21.
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Edward Young. Laughs heav'n , at once , at virtue , and at man ? If not , why that discourag'd , this destroy'd ? Thus far ambition . What says avarice ? This her chief maxim , which has long been Thine : " The wise and wealthy are the ...
Edward Young. Laughs heav'n , at once , at virtue , and at man ? If not , why that discourag'd , this destroy'd ? Thus far ambition . What says avarice ? This her chief maxim , which has long been Thine : " The wise and wealthy are the ...
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... once , tho ' prone to lye , A common cheat , and Pleasure is her name . To pleasure never was LORENZO deaf ; Then hear her now , now first thy real friend . Since nature made us not more fond than proud Of happiness ( whence hypocrites ...
... once , tho ' prone to lye , A common cheat , and Pleasure is her name . To pleasure never was LORENZO deaf ; Then hear her now , now first thy real friend . Since nature made us not more fond than proud Of happiness ( whence hypocrites ...
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