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... stand On even ground against his mortal foe , By me upheld , that he may know how frail His fall'n condition is , and to me owe Ail his deliv'rance , and to none but me . Some I have chofen of peculiar grace Elect above the reft ; fo is ...
... stand On even ground against his mortal foe , By me upheld , that he may know how frail His fall'n condition is , and to me owe Ail his deliv'rance , and to none but me . Some I have chofen of peculiar grace Elect above the reft ; fo is ...
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... stands curs'd : fair patrimony That I must leave ye , fons ; O were I able To wafte it all myself , and leave ye none ! So difinherited how would ye blefs Me now your curfe ! Ah ! why should all mankind For one man's fault thus ...
... stands curs'd : fair patrimony That I must leave ye , fons ; O were I able To wafte it all myself , and leave ye none ! So difinherited how would ye blefs Me now your curfe ! Ah ! why should all mankind For one man's fault thus ...
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... stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill ! Where only merit constant pay receives , Is bleft in what it takes , and what it gives : The joy unequall'd , if its end it gain , And if it lofe , attended with no pain ...
... stands still , And tastes the good without the fall to ill ! Where only merit constant pay receives , Is bleft in what it takes , and what it gives : The joy unequall'd , if its end it gain , And if it lofe , attended with no pain ...
Page 108
... stand Between a fplendid and an happy land . Proud fwells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards ev'n beyond the mifer's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around ...
... stand Between a fplendid and an happy land . Proud fwells the tide with loads of freighted ore , And shouting Folly hails them from her shore ; Hoards ev'n beyond the mifer's wish abound , And rich men flock from all the world around ...
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... stand , I fee the rural virtues leave the land . Down where yon anch'ring veffels spread the fail That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale , Down- Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from 112 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... stand , I fee the rural virtues leave the land . Down where yon anch'ring veffels spread the fail That idly waiting flaps with ev'ry gale , Down- Downward they move , a melancholy band , Pass from 112 THE BEAUTIES OF.
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