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... written of her revelations , and a letter fhewed in characters of gold , faid to be fent to her from heaven by Mary Magdalen . She pretended that when the King was laft at Calais , he was carried invifibly beyond fea , and brought back ...
... written of her revelations , and a letter fhewed in characters of gold , faid to be fent to her from heaven by Mary Magdalen . She pretended that when the King was laft at Calais , he was carried invifibly beyond fea , and brought back ...
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... written by himself . " From ev'ry bluftrous storm of life , And that worst ftorm , domeftic ftrife , Which shipwrecks all our focial joys , And ev'ry worldly blifs deftroys , I luckily am arriv'd at last , And fafe in port my anchor's ...
... written by himself . " From ev'ry bluftrous storm of life , And that worst ftorm , domeftic ftrife , Which shipwrecks all our focial joys , And ev'ry worldly blifs deftroys , I luckily am arriv'd at last , And fafe in port my anchor's ...
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... written in the year 1571 . " Ye fe how death doth spare no age no kynd How I am lapt in claye and dead you fynde My wife and childeren lye here with me 7 No gould , no friend , no ftrength could randfome bee The end of vaigne delighte ...
... written in the year 1571 . " Ye fe how death doth spare no age no kynd How I am lapt in claye and dead you fynde My wife and childeren lye here with me 7 No gould , no friend , no ftrength could randfome bee The end of vaigne delighte ...
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... written by a friend to the established church of this kingdom , and de- figned to expofe thofe characters who fall under their defcrip- tron . They are meant ( fays he ) only as materials for fome better architect , who with no great ...
... written by a friend to the established church of this kingdom , and de- figned to expofe thofe characters who fall under their defcrip- tron . They are meant ( fays he ) only as materials for fome better architect , who with no great ...
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... written . The following remarks are founded in truth , and need no comment . " The very confiderable incomes of too many , ferve only to administer to their ambition , and whilft they daily taste the deli- cious repast , raife their ...
... written . The following remarks are founded in truth , and need no comment . " The very confiderable incomes of too many , ferve only to administer to their ambition , and whilft they daily taste the deli- cious repast , raife their ...
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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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