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... lefs alluring form could not engage their attention . It is to an acquaintance with the Mufes , likewife , that most of those characters who have attained to any confiderable eminence in polite literature , have acknowledged themselves ...
... lefs alluring form could not engage their attention . It is to an acquaintance with the Mufes , likewife , that most of those characters who have attained to any confiderable eminence in polite literature , have acknowledged themselves ...
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... lefs gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common ficknefs pulls thee down , With greater eafe than e'er thou didst the ftripling That rafhly dar'd thee to th'unequal fight . What groan was that I heard ...
... lefs gentle boast Of those that laugh loud at the village ring ! A fit of common ficknefs pulls thee down , With greater eafe than e'er thou didst the ftripling That rafhly dar'd thee to th'unequal fight . What groan was that I heard ...
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... lefs manifeft , is not lefs mighty . Survey the magnet's fympathetic love , That woos the yielding needle ; contemplate Th ' attractive amber's power , invisible Ev'n to the mental eye ; or when the blow Sent from th ' electric fphere ...
... lefs manifeft , is not lefs mighty . Survey the magnet's fympathetic love , That woos the yielding needle ; contemplate Th ' attractive amber's power , invisible Ev'n to the mental eye ; or when the blow Sent from th ' electric fphere ...
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... lefs in a vale of tears I ftray , Where briars wound , and thorns perplex my way , Still let my steady foul thy gooducts fee , And with ftrong confidence lay hold on thee ; With equal eye my various lot receive , Refign'd to die , or ...
... lefs in a vale of tears I ftray , Where briars wound , and thorns perplex my way , Still let my steady foul thy gooducts fee , And with ftrong confidence lay hold on thee ; With equal eye my various lot receive , Refign'd to die , or ...
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... lefs than they ? $ 63 . Songs of Praife . WATTS . A general Song of Praije to God . HOW glorious is our heav'nly King , Who reigns above the sky ! How fhall a child prefume to fing His dreadful Majesty ? How great his pow'r is , none ...
... lefs than they ? $ 63 . Songs of Praife . WATTS . A general Song of Praije to God . HOW glorious is our heav'nly King , Who reigns above the sky ! How fhall a child prefume to fing His dreadful Majesty ? How great his pow'r is , none ...
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beft behold blefs bleft blifs breaft breath caufe charms death defire divine earth erft eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire fcene fear fecret feems feen fenfe fhade fhall fhine fhould fide figh fight filent fing fire firft fkies flain fleep flow'rs fmile foft fome fong fons fool foon forrow foul fpirit fpread fpring ftand ftate ftill ftrain ftream fuch fure fweet fwell glory grace hand heart Heaven himſelf juft kings laft lefs loft Lord mind moft Mufe muft muſt ne'er night numbers nymph o'er paffion pain peace plain pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe pride purfue rage reafon reft reign rife rofe ſhall ſkies ſtate ſtill thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thoufand thought thro toil trembling vex'd virtue whofe wife worfe youth