Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... themselves to schools in ge- neral . If there were not , as for the most part there is , wilful neglect in those who manage them , and an omif- fion even of fuch difcipline as they are fufceptible of , the objects are yet too numerous ...
... themselves to schools in ge- neral . If there were not , as for the most part there is , wilful neglect in those who manage them , and an omif- fion even of fuch difcipline as they are fufceptible of , the objects are yet too numerous ...
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... themselves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the fecret of their filent course . Nature inanimate employs fweet founds , But animated Nature sweeter ftill , To foothe and fatisfy the human ear . Ten thousand ...
... themselves at length In matted grafs , that with a livelier green Betrays the fecret of their filent course . Nature inanimate employs fweet founds , But animated Nature sweeter ftill , To foothe and fatisfy the human ear . Ten thousand ...
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... Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent , to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet fcorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The ...
... Themselves love life , and cling to it , as he That overhangs a torrent , to a twig . They love it , and yet loath it ; fear to die , Yet fcorn the purposes for which they live . Then wherefore not renounce them ? No - the dread , The ...
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... themselves , once ferried o'er the wave That part us , are emancipate and loos'd . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free , They touch our country and their fhackles fall . That's ...
... themselves , once ferried o'er the wave That part us , are emancipate and loos'd . Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air , that moment they are free , They touch our country and their fhackles fall . That's ...
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... or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The The earth fhall fhake him out of all his holds 52 Book ii . THE TAS K.
... or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none affiftance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The The earth fhall fhake him out of all his holds 52 Book ii . THE TAS K.
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