The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 11 |
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What in me is dark , Illumine ! what is low , raise and support ! But he though blind of sight , Despised and thought extinguished quite , With inward eyes illuminated , His fiery virtue roused From under ashes ...
What in me is dark , Illumine ! what is low , raise and support ! But he though blind of sight , Despised and thought extinguished quite , With inward eyes illuminated , His fiery virtue roused From under ashes ...
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| Title | The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art, literature, and practical mechanics, by the orig. ed. of the Encyclopaedia metropolitana [T. Curtis]., Part 2, Volume 11 |
| Editor | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Apr 18, 2006 |
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