An address delivered before the Peithessophian and Philoclean societies of Rutgers college, on the literary character of the scriptures |
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... poet of the Essay on Man : -he , whose life , according to a brother bard , was an even more endearing song than his ... poets of England were proud to share the retirement of his leisure hours , 14.
... poet of the Essay on Man : -he , whose life , according to a brother bard , was an even more endearing song than his ... poets of England were proud to share the retirement of his leisure hours , 14.
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... poet's treacherous guide , who was a wretched philosopher , and at best a very doubtful friend . Open the Scriptures , and you will there find that rule of practical con- duct which he vainly sought to establish in so many beautiful ...
... poet's treacherous guide , who was a wretched philosopher , and at best a very doubtful friend . Open the Scriptures , and you will there find that rule of practical con- duct which he vainly sought to establish in so many beautiful ...
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... poet with pages of rhetoric . The record of creation compresses them all into a single line . God said . let there be light , and there was light . How tame in comparison with this is even the splendid versification of the minstrel of ...
... poet with pages of rhetoric . The record of creation compresses them all into a single line . God said . let there be light , and there was light . How tame in comparison with this is even the splendid versification of the minstrel of ...
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... poets of highest fame hide their diminished heads ; odes , whose essential power and beauty , no dress , however unworthy , can wholly dis- guise - which even in the bald imitations of the modern versifiers thrill with delight , and ...
... poets of highest fame hide their diminished heads ; odes , whose essential power and beauty , no dress , however unworthy , can wholly dis- guise - which even in the bald imitations of the modern versifiers thrill with delight , and ...
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... poet of the general history of nations : " There is a moral in all human things , ' Tis but the sad rehearsal of the past ; First freedom and then glory ; when these fail , Vice , -wealth , -corruption , -barbarism at last . " t ...
... poet of the general history of nations : " There is a moral in all human things , ' Tis but the sad rehearsal of the past ; First freedom and then glory ; when these fail , Vice , -wealth , -corruption , -barbarism at last . " t ...
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A. H. EVERETT abode adorn ALEXANDER H Almighty ancient azure bard Beauty of Israel Behold Bible brilliant bursts celebrated celestial character charming Cicero ciple of evil court creation David delight divine dwell earth Egypt eloquence Epicurus eternal exile existence existence of God fable find ourselves fix it firmly flaming friends gentlemen glance glory grace grand happiness heart heaven Hebrew highest human inquirer intel Judah's language lawgiver lest the daughters light literary lyre mighty fallen mind monarch minstrel moral mountains mysterious nations o'er obelisks occasion ocean odes Paradise Lost Parnassian laurels pathos patriarchal families PEITHESSOPHIAN philosophy Pindar pleasure poet political pursue your course race Religion religious RUTGERS COLLEGE scene song sovereign's daughter speculative wisdom sphere-melody splendid strongest internal evidence sublime temples Thebes thee THEODORE F thou tical tion truth universe various verse warrior WILLIAM H word of power world of wonders WYCKOFF youth Zeno