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... from the cheerful ways of men Made passive both , had serv'd Necefiity , Cut off , and for the book of Knowledge fair Not me ? ... Their Maker , or their maki : g , or their fate , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out .
... from the cheerful ways of men Made passive both , had serv'd Necefiity , Cut off , and for the book of Knowledge fair Not me ? ... Their Maker , or their maki : g , or their fate , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out .
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| Title | The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5 The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Robert Anderson Volume 5 of Works of the British Poets, Robert Anderson |
| Author | Robert Anderson |
| Compiled by | Robert Anderson |
| Publisher | J. & A. Arch, 1795 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 6, 2008 |
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