Poems, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel , therefore , is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular in- ftance of it . ARGU- ARGUMENT of the FIRST BOOK . Hiftorical deduction of feats.
... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel , therefore , is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular in- ftance of it . ARGU- ARGUMENT of the FIRST BOOK . Hiftorical deduction of feats.
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... Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touch'd with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Efcap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now feek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet auguft and proud ...
... Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touch'd with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Efcap'd with pain from that advent'rous flight , Now feek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet auguft and proud ...
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... kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War and the chace engross the favage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to fupplant The envied 3 War 32 Book i . THE TASK .
... kind , By culture tam'd , by liberty refresh'd , And all her fruits by radiant truth matur'd . War and the chace engross the favage whole ; War follow'd for revenge , or to fupplant The envied 3 War 32 Book i . THE TASK .
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... will of God ; Advancing fashion to the poft of truth , And cent'ring all authority in modes And cuftoms of her own , till fabbath rites D4 Have Have dwindled into unrefpected forms , And knees and haffocks Book i . 39 THE SOF A.
... will of God ; Advancing fashion to the poft of truth , And cent'ring all authority in modes And cuftoms of her own , till fabbath rites D4 Have Have dwindled into unrefpected forms , And knees and haffocks Book i . 39 THE SOF A.
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... truth , philofophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks , And , having found his inftrument , forgets Or difregards , or more prefumptuous ftill Denies the pow'r that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure ...
... truth , philofophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks , And , having found his inftrument , forgets Or difregards , or more prefumptuous ftill Denies the pow'r that wields it . God proclaims His hot displeasure ...
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