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Page 75
... rise from beginnings so mean and unpromising , that it is very wonderful to think that ever such sur- prising structures should have been raised upon such ordinary foundations . But what cannot a great genius effect ? Who would have ...
... rise from beginnings so mean and unpromising , that it is very wonderful to think that ever such sur- prising structures should have been raised upon such ordinary foundations . But what cannot a great genius effect ? Who would have ...
Page 101
... rise up to view one after another , in such a manner , that the reader seems present at this won- derful work , and ... rising of the whole vegetable world 339 . 101 SPECTATOR .
... rise up to view one after another , in such a manner , that the reader seems present at this won- derful work , and ... rising of the whole vegetable world 339 . 101 SPECTATOR .
Page 302
... rise ! With heads declin'd , ye cedars , homage pay ; Be smooth , ye rocks ; ye rapid floods , give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Isa . xlii . 18. Hear him , ye deaf ; and all the blind , behold ; xxxv . 5 , 6 ...
... rise ! With heads declin'd , ye cedars , homage pay ; Be smooth , ye rocks ; ye rapid floods , give way ! The Saviour comes ! by ancient bards foretold ! Isa . xlii . 18. Hear him , ye deaf ; and all the blind , behold ; xxxv . 5 , 6 ...
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