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... Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapt , The laity run wild . But do they now ? Note their extravagance , and be convinced . As nations , ignorant of God , contrive A wooden one ; fo we , no longer taught By monitors , that ...
... Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapt , The laity run wild . But do they now ? Note their extravagance , and be convinced . As nations , ignorant of God , contrive A wooden one ; fo we , no longer taught By monitors , that ...
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... soon Add to fuch erudition , thus acquired , Where science and where virtue are profeffed ? They may confirm his habits , rivet faft His folly , but to spoil him is a task , That bids defiance to the united powers Of fashion , BOOK II ...
... soon Add to fuch erudition , thus acquired , Where science and where virtue are profeffed ? They may confirm his habits , rivet faft His folly , but to spoil him is a task , That bids defiance to the united powers Of fashion , BOOK II ...
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... Soon by a righteous judgment in the line Of his defcending progeny was found The firft artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver , who first sweated at the forge , And forced the blunt and yet unbloodied fteel To a keen edge , and made ...
... Soon by a righteous judgment in the line Of his defcending progeny was found The firft artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver , who first sweated at the forge , And forced the blunt and yet unbloodied fteel To a keen edge , and made ...
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... Soon lose their credit , and are all effaced . Would you your fon fhould be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong , or all these at once ; That in good time the ftripling's finished tafte For loose expenfe , and fashionable wafte ...
... Soon lose their credit , and are all effaced . Would you your fon fhould be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong , or all these at once ; That in good time the ftripling's finished tafte For loose expenfe , and fashionable wafte ...
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... soon learn Latin , and to box ; Then turning he regales his liftening wife With all the adventures of his early life ; His skill in coachmanship , or in driving chaise , In bilking tavern bills , and spouting plays ; What shifts he used ...
... soon learn Latin , and to box ; Then turning he regales his liftening wife With all the adventures of his early life ; His skill in coachmanship , or in driving chaise , In bilking tavern bills , and spouting plays ; What shifts he used ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
becauſe beft beneath caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe dæmons defign delight diftant dream earth eaſe elfe eſcape facred fafe faft fame fave fcene fcorn fear fecure feed feek feel feems ferve fhall fide figh fight filent fince firft fleep flower fmiles foft fome fong foon foul fpirits ftands ftill ftorm ftream ftroke fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heaven himſelf honour houſe itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf nature Nebaioth never once paſs peace pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchool ſeem ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſkill ſmile ſmooth ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand treaſure truft truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh worth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 36 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 35 - My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled.
Página 214 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for He was slain for us ! " The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy, Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Página 206 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
Página 37 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; * if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country, and their shackles, fall.
Página 217 - Come then, and, added to thy many crowns, Receive yet one, the crown of all the earth, Thou who alone art worthy ! it was thine By ancient covenant, ere Nature's birth ; And thou hast made it thine by purchase since, And overpaid its value with thy blood. Thy saints proclaim thee king ; and in their hearts Thy title is engraven with a pen Dipp'd in the fountain of eternal love.
Página 118 - Me oft has fancy, ludicrous and wild, Soothed with a waking dream of houses, towers, Trees, churches, and strange visages expressed In the red cinders, while with poring eye I gazed, myself creating what I saw.
Página 185 - The morning sharp and clear. But now at noon Upon the southern side of the slant hills, And where the woods fence off the northern blast, The season smiles, resigning all its rage, And has the warmth of May. The vault is blue Without a cloud, and white without a speck The dazzling splendour of the scene below.
Página 329 - And swing his rump around. His frisking was at evening hours, For then he lost his fear, But most before approaching showers Or when a storm drew near. Eight years and five round-rolling moons He thus saw steal away, Dozing out all his idle noons, And every night at play. I kept him for his humour's sake, For he would oft beguile My heart of thoughts that made it ache, And force me to a smile.
Página 13 - No tree in all the grove but has its charms, Though each its hue peculiar...