Poems, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1788 |
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Page 6
... rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his fober tale , Afk'd , when in hell , to see the royal jail , Approv'd their method in all other things , But where , good Sir , do you confine your kings ? There - faid his guide , the groupe is full ...
... rest . B. Quevedo , as he tells his fober tale , Afk'd , when in hell , to see the royal jail , Approv'd their method in all other things , But where , good Sir , do you confine your kings ? There - faid his guide , the groupe is full ...
Page 49
... rest . Paftime and bus'nefs both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly diftinguith'd above all the fix , By deeds in which the world muft never mix . Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of ...
... rest . Paftime and bus'nefs both it should exclude , And bar the door the moment they intrude ; Nobly diftinguith'd above all the fix , By deeds in which the world muft never mix . Hear him again . He calls it a delight , A day of ...
Page 64
... Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself poffefs'd . Philofophers Philofophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by 64 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
... Knowledge of good and evil is from thee . No wild enthusiast ever yet could rest , Till half mankind were like himself poffefs'd . Philofophers Philofophers , who darken and put out Eternal truth by 64 THE PROGRESS OF ERROR .
Page 75
... rest too busy or too gay , to wait On the fad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not fo light . Who judg'd the Pharifee ? What odious cause Expos'd him to the vengeance of ...
... rest too busy or too gay , to wait On the fad theme , their everlasting state , Sport for a day and perish in a night , The foam upon the waters not fo light . Who judg'd the Pharifee ? What odious cause Expos'd him to the vengeance of ...
Page 86
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , fafe and at his ease , He hears the tempeft howling in the trees , What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger paft is turn'd to prefent joy . So fares it with the finner when he feels ...
... rest ; Think with what pleasure , fafe and at his ease , He hears the tempeft howling in the trees , What glowing thanks his lips and heart employ , While danger paft is turn'd to prefent joy . So fares it with the finner when he feels ...
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