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John Dunlop (of Greenock.) 21 A } law un Je ARGUMENT OF BOOK FIRST . Address to Sleep - Its.
John Dunlop (of Greenock.) 21 A } law un Je ARGUMENT OF BOOK FIRST . Address to Sleep - Its.
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... sleep - Allusion to Man's estate in Paradise and fall - Its results - Mrs . Claypole prevails with him to reveal the dream that disquieted him , viz . the execution and dying demeanour of King Charles I. - Descrip- tion - Mrs . Claypole ...
... sleep - Allusion to Man's estate in Paradise and fall - Its results - Mrs . Claypole prevails with him to reveal the dream that disquieted him , viz . the execution and dying demeanour of King Charles I. - Descrip- tion - Mrs . Claypole ...
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... sleep , whose soft and shadowy hand Unlocks her balmy bower to the unblest ; The wretched harbouring with a welcome smile And sweet caress : such as a blooming nurse Bestows upon her minion , long withheld , And craving for her lost ...
... sleep , whose soft and shadowy hand Unlocks her balmy bower to the unblest ; The wretched harbouring with a welcome smile And sweet caress : such as a blooming nurse Bestows upon her minion , long withheld , And craving for her lost ...
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... sleep , thou dost surpass so far In profit , that the wise should never wake . Thou slumber'st , O my persecuted sire ! Wasted with unassisted cares , exhaust With wounding malice , and the strife of tongues . Relax thy labour'd brow ...
... sleep , thou dost surpass so far In profit , that the wise should never wake . Thou slumber'st , O my persecuted sire ! Wasted with unassisted cares , exhaust With wounding malice , and the strife of tongues . Relax thy labour'd brow ...
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... sleep perplext , And writhes , the sport of Satan , and his arts . CROMWELL , ( in a trance . ) O night so long and wild ! when wilt thou end . What sounds are those , as if the wreck of all In heaven and earth were now ! Oh is this ...
... sleep perplext , And writhes , the sport of Satan , and his arts . CROMWELL , ( in a trance . ) O night so long and wild ! when wilt thou end . What sounds are those , as if the wreck of all In heaven and earth were now ! Oh is this ...
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Page 180 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 171 - Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; 3 because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
Page 180 - Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven. Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.
Page 172 - My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest.
Page xxii - I thankfully acknowledge your love in your kind remembrance of me upon this opportunity. Alas, you do too highly prize my lines, and my company. I may be ashamed to own your expressions considering how unprofitable I am, and the mean improvement of my talent. " Yet to honour my God by declaring what He hath done for my soul, in this I am confident, and I will be so. Truly, then, this I find : That He giveth springs in a dry barren wilderness where no water is. I live, you know where, — in Meshec,...
Page xxv - And thus to be a seeker is to be of the best sect next to a finder; and such an one shall every faithful humble seeker be at the end. Happy seeker, happy finder ! Who ever tasted that the Lord is gracious, without some sense of self, vanity, and badness?
Page xxv - His favours to thee more and more. The great good thy soul can wish is, That the Lord lift upon thee the light of His countenance, which is better than life. The Lord bless all thy good counsel and example to all those about thee, and hear all thy prayers, and accept thee always. I am glad to hear thy son and daughter are with thee.
Page 169 - Psalm 32 22 For from thine eyes cut off I am, I in my haste had said; My voice yet heard'st thou, when to thee with cries my moan I made.