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Page xix
... Senfe in- fpires , That clog the Soul , and damp her purer Fires ! Truths , which thy folemn Scenes , my Friend , de- clare , Whofe glowing Colours paint us as we are . Yet not morofely ftern , nor idly gay , Dull Melancholy reigns , or ...
... Senfe in- fpires , That clog the Soul , and damp her purer Fires ! Truths , which thy folemn Scenes , my Friend , de- clare , Whofe glowing Colours paint us as we are . Yet not morofely ftern , nor idly gay , Dull Melancholy reigns , or ...
Page xx
James Hervey. Truth , Judgment , Senfe , Imagination join And ev'ry Mufe , and ev'ry Grace , is thine . Religion prompting the true End of Man , Confpiring Genius executes the Plan ; Strong to convince , and elegant to charm , Plaintive ...
James Hervey. Truth , Judgment , Senfe , Imagination join And ev'ry Mufe , and ev'ry Grace , is thine . Religion prompting the true End of Man , Confpiring Genius executes the Plan ; Strong to convince , and elegant to charm , Plaintive ...
Page xxiv
... out fome little Traces of the All - fufficiency of our Redeemer , for the grand and gracious Purposes of everlasting Salvation . That a Senfe of his unuttérable Dig- nity , nity , and infinite Perfections , may incite us to.
... out fome little Traces of the All - fufficiency of our Redeemer , for the grand and gracious Purposes of everlasting Salvation . That a Senfe of his unuttérable Dig- nity , nity , and infinite Perfections , may incite us to.
Page 38
... Senfe and Defign of this Part of the fourth Line , ' Tis ALL Thou art ! - it is guarded above and beneath . - Above , is an expanded Book , that feems to be waved , with an Air of Triumph , over the Emblem of Death . Which we cannot but ...
... Senfe and Defign of this Part of the fourth Line , ' Tis ALL Thou art ! - it is guarded above and beneath . - Above , is an expanded Book , that feems to be waved , with an Air of Triumph , over the Emblem of Death . Which we cannot but ...
Page 122
... Senfe , and indulged the Fancy . It was early in a Summer Morning . When the Air was cool ; the Earth moift ; the whole Face of the Creation fresh and gay . The noify World was scarce awake . Bufinefs had not quite fhook off his found ...
... Senfe , and indulged the Fancy . It was early in a Summer Morning . When the Air was cool ; the Earth moift ; the whole Face of the Creation fresh and gay . The noify World was scarce awake . Bufinefs had not quite fhook off his found ...
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