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... Divine Poem . It will be sufficient to its 1 " I will not meddle with the Spectator let him ' fair sex ' it to the world's end . " Swift , ut sup . p . 158.-C. V. Nichols's note to No. 212 of the Tatler , for some details on female ...
... Divine Poem . It will be sufficient to its 1 " I will not meddle with the Spectator let him ' fair sex ' it to the world's end . " Swift , ut sup . p . 158.-C. V. Nichols's note to No. 212 of the Tatler , for some details on female ...
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... divine work . We find in the mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , ' several allegorical persons of this nature , which are very beautiful in those compositions , and may , perhaps , be used as an ...
... divine work . We find in the mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , ' several allegorical persons of this nature , which are very beautiful in those compositions , and may , perhaps , be used as an ...
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... divine poet . Zöilus , among the ancients , and Monsieur Perrault among the moderns , pushed their ridicule very far upon him , on account of some such sentiments . There is no blemish to be observed in Virgil under this head , and but ...
... divine poet . Zöilus , among the ancients , and Monsieur Perrault among the moderns , pushed their ridicule very far upon him , on account of some such sentiments . There is no blemish to be observed in Virgil under this head , and but ...
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... divine persons mentioned in the first line are represented as created beings ; and that in the other , Adam and Eve are confounded with their sons and daughters . Such little blemishes as these , when the thought is great and natural ...
... divine persons mentioned in the first line are represented as created beings ; and that in the other , Adam and Eve are confounded with their sons and daughters . Such little blemishes as these , when the thought is great and natural ...
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... divine subject of which he treats . I do not find fault with these allusions , where the poet himself represents them as fabulous , as he does in some places , but where he mentions them as truths and matters of fact . The limits of my ...
... divine subject of which he treats . I do not find fault with these allusions , where the poet himself represents them as fabulous , as he does in some places , but where he mentions them as truths and matters of fact . The limits of my ...
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Page 68 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 152 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 455 - I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; l Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 394 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 70 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time.
Page 155 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers.
Page 645 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Page 394 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 139 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 102 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.