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... heart , gives pleasure to all ages and nations . There is a certain string which being properly struck , the human heart is so made as to ac cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth ...
... heart , gives pleasure to all ages and nations . There is a certain string which being properly struck , the human heart is so made as to ac cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth ...
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... heart , gives pleasure to all ages and nations . There is a certain string which being properly struck , the human heart is so made as to ac- cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth ...
... heart , gives pleasure to all ages and nations . There is a certain string which being properly struck , the human heart is so made as to ac- cord to it . Hence the universal testimony , which the most improved nations of the earth ...
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... heart he fury pours With voice divine from Ilion's topmost towers ; Above , the Sire of gods his thunder rolls , And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles . Beneath , stern Neptune shakes the solid ground , The forests wave , the ...
... heart he fury pours With voice divine from Ilion's topmost towers ; Above , the Sire of gods his thunder rolls , And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles . Beneath , stern Neptune shakes the solid ground , The forests wave , the ...
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... heart ; if once mine come Into the self - same room , " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenada , shot into a magazine . Then shali love keep the ashes and torn parts Of both our broken hearts ; Shall out of both one new one ...
... heart ; if once mine come Into the self - same room , " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like a grenada , shot into a magazine . Then shali love keep the ashes and torn parts Of both our broken hearts ; Shall out of both one new one ...
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... heart , within that close disguise , Where , mix'd with God's , his lov'd idea lies ; Oh , write it not , my hand ... heart ; and , as the heart is a dignified part of the human frame , and is often put for the mind , this also may pass ...
... heart , within that close disguise , Where , mix'd with God's , his lov'd idea lies ; Oh , write it not , my hand ... heart ; and , as the heart is a dignified part of the human frame , and is often put for the mind , this also may pass ...
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