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Page 173
... Heav'n gives us friends to bless the present scene , Resumes them to prepare us for the next . All evils natural are moral goods ; All discipline , indulgence , on the whole . Present blessings undervalued . Like birds , whose beauties ...
... Heav'n gives us friends to bless the present scene , Resumes them to prepare us for the next . All evils natural are moral goods ; All discipline , indulgence , on the whole . Present blessings undervalued . Like birds , whose beauties ...
Page 175
... Heav'n can give no more Reflection essential to happiness . Much joy not only speaks small happiness , But happiness that shortly must expire . Can joy , unbottom'd in reflection , stand ? And , in a tempest , can reflection live ...
... Heav'n can give no more Reflection essential to happiness . Much joy not only speaks small happiness , But happiness that shortly must expire . Can joy , unbottom'd in reflection , stand ? And , in a tempest , can reflection live ...
Page 177
... Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had - a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n ( ' twas all he wish'd ) a friend No further seek his merits to disclose , Or draw hap . 1 . 177 Select Sentences , & c .
... Heav'n did a recompense as largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had - a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n ( ' twas all he wish'd ) a friend No further seek his merits to disclose , Or draw hap . 1 . 177 Select Sentences , & c .
Page 181
... Heav'n : a happiness That , even above the smiles and frowns of fate , Exalts great nature's favourites : a wealth That ne'er encumbers ; nor to baser hands Can be transferr'd . It is the only good Manjustly boasts of , or can call his ...
... Heav'n : a happiness That , even above the smiles and frowns of fate , Exalts great nature's favourites : a wealth That ne'er encumbers ; nor to baser hands Can be transferr'd . It is the only good Manjustly boasts of , or can call his ...
Page 182
... heav'n , lets down a str Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in audience with the Deity . CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. The bears and the bees . A a wood , S two young bears , in wanton mood , Came where th ...
... heav'n , lets down a str Of glory , on the consecrated hour Of man in audience with the Deity . CHAPTER II . NARRATIVE PIECES . SECTION I. The bears and the bees . A a wood , S two young bears , in wanton mood , Came where th ...
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.