Meditations and Contemplations: In Two Volumes, Volume 2John and James Rivington and J. Leake, 1748 - Meditations |
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... Charms ; to engage the Attention , and win the Love , even of the Gay , and of the Fashionable . Which is more likely to be effected , by forming agreeable Pictures of Nature , and deriving in- ftructive Obfervations ; than by the ...
... Charms ; to engage the Attention , and win the Love , even of the Gay , and of the Fashionable . Which is more likely to be effected , by forming agreeable Pictures of Nature , and deriving in- ftructive Obfervations ; than by the ...
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... charm , To fteal themselves from the degenerate Croud , And foar above this little Scene of Things ; To tread low - thoughted Vice beneath their Feet ; To footh the throbbing Paffions into Peace ; And wo lone Quiet in her filent Walks ...
... charm , To fteal themselves from the degenerate Croud , And foar above this little Scene of Things ; To tread low - thoughted Vice beneath their Feet ; To footh the throbbing Paffions into Peace ; And wo lone Quiet in her filent Walks ...
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... Charm , to every de- lightful Object . - See , how the declining Sun has beautified the western Clouds ; has arrayed them in Crimson , and skirted them with Gold . Such a Refinement of our domeftic Bliss , is Property ; fuch an ...
... Charm , to every de- lightful Object . - See , how the declining Sun has beautified the western Clouds ; has arrayed them in Crimson , and skirted them with Gold . Such a Refinement of our domeftic Bliss , is Property ; fuch an ...
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... Charms , and again captivates our Affections . How often has an un- wary Glance , kindled a Fever of irregular De- fire in our Hearts ? How often has a Word of Applaufe , dropt luscious Poifon into our Ears ; or fome disrespectful ...
... Charms , and again captivates our Affections . How often has an un- wary Glance , kindled a Fever of irregular De- fire in our Hearts ? How often has a Word of Applaufe , dropt luscious Poifon into our Ears ; or fome disrespectful ...
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... Charms incom- parably more engaging , than the Entertainments , prefented in the Theatre ; or the Honours , con- ferred in the Drawing - Room . I SAID Solitude . - But am I then alone ? - ' Tis true , my Acquaintance are at a Distance ...
... Charms incom- parably more engaging , than the Entertainments , prefented in the Theatre ; or the Honours , con- ferred in the Drawing - Room . I SAID Solitude . - But am I then alone ? - ' Tis true , my Acquaintance are at a Distance ...
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