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... honour at the second or the third . Indeed the utility of some books to some persons would be defeated by their very superiority . The writer may be above the reach of his reader ; he may be too lofty to be pursued ; he may be too ...
... honour at the second or the third . Indeed the utility of some books to some persons would be defeated by their very superiority . The writer may be above the reach of his reader ; he may be too lofty to be pursued ; he may be too ...
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... to perplex The pride of human wisdom , to confound The daring scrutiny , and prove the faith Of thy presuming creatures ! hear me now ! O vindicate thy honour ; clear this doubt , Teach me to trace this maze of Providence : Why.
... to perplex The pride of human wisdom , to confound The daring scrutiny , and prove the faith Of thy presuming creatures ! hear me now ! O vindicate thy honour ; clear this doubt , Teach me to trace this maze of Providence : Why.
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... honour'd instrument of God , he's rais'd For mighty purposes . He will be great Beyond ambition's dream : renown'd beyond All who have gone before him . He shall rule , But not in Pharaoh's kingdom . Heaven forefend ! He shall be learn ...
... honour'd instrument of God , he's rais'd For mighty purposes . He will be great Beyond ambition's dream : renown'd beyond All who have gone before him . He shall rule , But not in Pharaoh's kingdom . Heaven forefend ! He shall be learn ...
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... Honours the most remote in him shall meet ; Ruler and judge , prophet and lawgiver , Deliverer and guide . Joc . What says my daughter ? O what am I , and what my father's house , That I should be so bless'd ? Mir . The chosen people to ...
... Honours the most remote in him shall meet ; Ruler and judge , prophet and lawgiver , Deliverer and guide . Joc . What says my daughter ? O what am I , and what my father's house , That I should be so bless'd ? Mir . The chosen people to ...
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... honours falsely won : Lord in thy sure protection blest , Submissive will I ever rest , And may thy will be done ! [ He lays down his harp and rises . Dav . Methinks this shepherd's life were dull and tasteless Without the charm of ...
... honours falsely won : Lord in thy sure protection blest , Submissive will I ever rest , And may thy will be done ! [ He lays down his harp and rises . Dav . Methinks this shepherd's life were dull and tasteless Without the charm of ...
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1st Cour Abner Araspes Babylon behold Belshazzar BIRTHA Bishop BONNER bless blest bliss boast bold bon-ton breast bright Chaldea charms crown crown'd Daniel dare Darius DAVID AND GOLIATH death decree deeds delight divine dread E'en e'er eternal Euphrates ev'ry fair faith fame fancy fate fear feel flame FLORIO fond glory God's grace hand hear heart Heav'n holy honour hope human humble IANTHE IANTHE's impart Israel JOCHEBED king live Lord lov'd lyre Mede mercy mighty mind moral Muse ne'er never nymph o'er passion peace Phar Pharaoh Pharnaces Philistia pleasure pow'r praise prayer pride prince promis'd prophet reign sacred sage saint Saul scene shades sight song SORANUS soul spirit sweet tale taste tears tell thee thine things thou hast thought trembling truth Twas vex'd virgin train virtue wealth Whate'er wisdom word youth
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Page 247 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 79 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 135 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 391 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 159 - A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come ; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Page 84 - Not circumscrib'd by time not fix'd to space, Confin'd to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth, in want, in freedom, or in chains, In dungeons or on thrones, the faithful find thee...
Page 6 - Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like, sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant: what in me is dark Illumine; what is low, raise and support...
Page 10 - O sad estate Of human wretchedness ! so weak is man, So ignorant and blind, that did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruin'd at our own request. Too well thou know'st, my child, the stern decree Of Egypt's cruel king, hard-hearted Pharaoh ; " That every male of Hebrew mother born
Page 173 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs ; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let the ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties though we wish in vain, Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...
Page 317 - FLORIO knew the WORLD ; that science Sets sense and learning at defiance ; He thought the World to him was known, Whereas he only knew the Tovm ; In men this blunder still you find, All think their little set — Mankind.