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... hope of an inheritance , incorrup- tible , undefiled , and that fadeth not away . ' In the tract before us we have a kind of hiftorical view of the rife and progrefs of this debate ; and in our author's account of the feveral writers ...
... hope of an inheritance , incorrup- tible , undefiled , and that fadeth not away . ' In the tract before us we have a kind of hiftorical view of the rife and progrefs of this debate ; and in our author's account of the feveral writers ...
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... hope and fear , For many a year to court he bent his way , Sure to be feen on ev'ry levée day . Cringing and fawning to Devonshire or Bute , To North or Shelburne , as the times may fuit . And , fhould his gracious Sovereign deign a nod ...
... hope and fear , For many a year to court he bent his way , Sure to be feen on ev'ry levée day . Cringing and fawning to Devonshire or Bute , To North or Shelburne , as the times may fuit . And , fhould his gracious Sovereign deign a nod ...
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... hope , and none for defpondence , and trufts that he will find fome fatisfaction . in ftating the grounds of his faith . After obferving that great focieties are never overthrown by fortune alone , he remarks that the class of men who ...
... hope , and none for defpondence , and trufts that he will find fome fatisfaction . in ftating the grounds of his faith . After obferving that great focieties are never overthrown by fortune alone , he remarks that the class of men who ...
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... hope with all par- ties , we shall give the author's reafons for this event . “ As Ire- land is a privy purfe to the crown , whose grandeur and confequence would be fo much leffened by the want of fuch an effential fup port , I ...
... hope with all par- ties , we shall give the author's reafons for this event . “ As Ire- land is a privy purfe to the crown , whose grandeur and confequence would be fo much leffened by the want of fuch an effential fup port , I ...
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... hope , if thou goeft on thus faft ? Scriptures at firft , enthufiafms at laft ! Thou hast commenc'd , betimes , a faint : go on , Mingling diviner streams with Helicon ; That they who view what Epigrams here be May learn to make like ...
... hope , if thou goeft on thus faft ? Scriptures at firft , enthufiafms at laft ! Thou hast commenc'd , betimes , a faint : go on , Mingling diviner streams with Helicon ; That they who view what Epigrams here be May learn to make like ...
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Page 344 - The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 140 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequall'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose, attended with no pain ; Without satiety...
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Page 140 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
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