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... Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance his reafon fuch , Whether he thinks too little , or too much Chaos of thought and paffion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or difabus'd ; Created half to rife ...
... Born but to die , and reas'ning but to err ; Alike in ignorance his reafon fuch , Whether he thinks too little , or too much Chaos of thought and paffion , all confus'd ; Still by himself abus'd , or difabus'd ; Created half to rife ...
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| Title | Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged ... Volume 2 of Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected and Arranged, Isaac Cruikshank |
| Author | John Roach |
| Illustrated by | Isaac Cruikshank, R. Gilchrist |
| Publisher | J. Roach, 1793 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Nov 28, 2006 |
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