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... divine function of the King : In his great lookes what cheerfull anger shone ! Sad warre and joyfull Triumph mixt in one ! ( I , 255-6 ) The King is the locus of reconciliation , the place where contraries which would tear an ordinary ...
... divine function of the King : In his great lookes what cheerfull anger shone ! Sad warre and joyfull Triumph mixt in one ! ( I , 255-6 ) The King is the locus of reconciliation , the place where contraries which would tear an ordinary ...
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... divine calling : Oft pity'ing God did well - form'd Spirits raise , Fit for the toilsome business of their days , To free the groaning Nation , and to give Peace first , and then the Rules in Peace to live . But they whose stamp of ...
... divine calling : Oft pity'ing God did well - form'd Spirits raise , Fit for the toilsome business of their days , To free the groaning Nation , and to give Peace first , and then the Rules in Peace to live . But they whose stamp of ...
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... divine plan and is assured of a proper resolution : I Sing the Man who Judahs Scepter bore In that right.hand which held the Crook before ; Who from best Poet , best of Kings did grow ; The two chief gifts Heav'n could on Man bestow ...
... divine plan and is assured of a proper resolution : I Sing the Man who Judahs Scepter bore In that right.hand which held the Crook before ; Who from best Poet , best of Kings did grow ; The two chief gifts Heav'n could on Man bestow ...
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