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... hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men ...
... hear it call'd extravagance and waste ; If these attendants , and if fuch as thefe , Muft follow royalty , then welcome eafe ; However humble and confin'd the sphere , Happy the ftate that has not these to fear . A. Thus A. Thus men ...
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... hear as mute as if a fyren fung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets caft in lead . B. The caufe , tho ' worth the ...
... hear as mute as if a fyren fung . Or tell me if you can , what pow'r maintains A Briton's fcorn of arbitrary chains ? That were a theme might animate the dead , And move the lips of poets caft in lead . B. The caufe , tho ' worth the ...
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... hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan : Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of ...
... hears the thunder ere the tempeft low'rs , And arm'd with ftrength furpaffing human pow'rs , Seizes events as yet unknown to man , And darts his foul into the dawning plan : Hence , in a Roman mouth , the graceful name Of prophet and of ...
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... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury , obferv'd aright , When the glad foul is made heav'ns welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their anfwer to ...
... Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of luxury , obferv'd aright , When the glad foul is made heav'ns welcome guest , Sits banquetting , and God provides the feast . But triflers are engag'd and cannot come ; Their anfwer to ...
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... in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , The centre of delights he may not tafte ? Like Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill 52 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... in th ' abufe , or by th ' excess . Is man then only for his torment plac'd , The centre of delights he may not tafte ? Like Like fabled Tantalus condemn'd to hear The precious ftream ftill 52 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
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