Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... fear'd In Albion's happy ifle . The umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own massy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd , And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest Burly ...
... fear'd In Albion's happy ifle . The umber stood Pond'rous , and fixt by its own massy weight . But elbows ftill were wanting ; thefe , fome fay , An Alderman of Cripplegate contriv'd , And some ascribe th ' invention to a priest Burly ...
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... fear to die , Yet fcorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate habits , all ...
... fear to die , Yet fcorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The flavish dread of folitude , that breeds Reflection and remorfe , the fear of shame , And their invet'rate habits , all ...
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... wide the watʼry waste For fight of ship from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon , turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . D 2 But But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , Book i . 35 THE SOF A.
... wide the watʼry waste For fight of ship from England . Ev'ry fpeck Seen in the dim horizon , turns thee pale With conflict of contending hopes and fears . D 2 But But comes at last the dull and dusky eve , Book i . 35 THE SOF A.
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... fear , Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Sufpend th ' effect or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
... fear , Thou fool ! will thy discov'ry of the cause Sufpend th ' effect or heal it ? Has not God Still wrought by means fince first he made the world , And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation lefs Than a ...
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... fear no difcipline of human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrift has at last , Strutting and vap'ring ...
... fear no difcipline of human hands . The pulpit therefore ( and I name it , fill'd With folemn awe , that bids me well beware With what intent I touch that holy thing ) The pulpit ( when the fatʼrift has at last , Strutting and vap'ring ...
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