The beauties of the Poets: being a collection of moral and sacred poetry, from the most eminent authorsVernor, 1801 - 303 pages |
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... efteemed for his piety and vivacity of fpirit , fo has he made choice of thofe pieces that cannot fail , if duly attended to , to inftil into the mind of the reader the love of virtue and true religion ; abstracted from A 2.
... efteemed for his piety and vivacity of fpirit , fo has he made choice of thofe pieces that cannot fail , if duly attended to , to inftil into the mind of the reader the love of virtue and true religion ; abstracted from A 2.
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... Mind , on the melancholy Event of a licentious Amour The Hermit A Night - Piece on Death The Meffiah An Elegy written in a Country Church- Yard To the Right Honourable the Earl War- 119 · 124 134 138 142 148 wick on the Death of Mr ...
... Mind , on the melancholy Event of a licentious Amour The Hermit A Night - Piece on Death The Meffiah An Elegy written in a Country Church- Yard To the Right Honourable the Earl War- 119 · 124 134 138 142 148 wick on the Death of Mr ...
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... mind and will deprav'd , Not to do only , but to will the fame With me ? how can they then acquitted stand In fight of GOD ? Him after all disputes Forç'd I abfolve : all my evafions vain , And reasonings , tho ' through mazes , lead me ...
... mind and will deprav'd , Not to do only , but to will the fame With me ? how can they then acquitted stand In fight of GOD ? Him after all disputes Forç'd I abfolve : all my evafions vain , And reasonings , tho ' through mazes , lead me ...
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... , [ WARD . ] How is our reafon to the future blind , When vice enervates and enflaves the mind ! What fenfe fuggefts , how fondly we believe , And 30 BEAUTIES OF THE POETS . From the Second Chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon.
... , [ WARD . ] How is our reafon to the future blind , When vice enervates and enflaves the mind ! What fenfe fuggefts , how fondly we believe , And 30 BEAUTIES OF THE POETS . From the Second Chapter of the Wisdom of Solomon.
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... 'd , Nor feel the worth of their immortal mind ; On tranfitory things they fix their blifs , And lofe the better life to come for this . A PARAPHRASE OF THE LATTER PART OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER 32 BEAUTIES OF THE POETS .
... 'd , Nor feel the worth of their immortal mind ; On tranfitory things they fix their blifs , And lofe the better life to come for this . A PARAPHRASE OF THE LATTER PART OF THE SIXTH CHAPTER 32 BEAUTIES OF THE POETS .
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