The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 6Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 |
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... those times ; fuch as Gofpel - walking , Gofpel - preaching , Soul - faving , Elect , Saints , the Godly , the Predefti- nate , and the like ; which they applied to their own preachers and themselves . Ver . 1 , 12. ] Alluding to their ...
... those times ; fuch as Gofpel - walking , Gofpel - preaching , Soul - faving , Elect , Saints , the Godly , the Predefti- nate , and the like ; which they applied to their own preachers and themselves . Ver . 1 , 12. ] Alluding to their ...
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... those times confifted principally in an oppofition to the Church of England , and in quarreling with the moft innocent , cuftoms then in ufe , as the eating Chrift- mas - pies and plum - porridge at Chriftmas , which they reputed finful ...
... those times confifted principally in an oppofition to the Church of England , and in quarreling with the moft innocent , cuftoms then in ufe , as the eating Chrift- mas - pies and plum - porridge at Chriftmas , which they reputed finful ...
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... those they have no mind to : Still fo perverse and oppofite , As if they worship'd God for spite : The self - same thing they will abhor . Qne way , and long another for : Free - will they one way difavow , Another , nothing else allow ...
... those they have no mind to : Still fo perverse and oppofite , As if they worship'd God for spite : The self - same thing they will abhor . Qne way , and long another for : Free - will they one way difavow , Another , nothing else allow ...
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... those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high , For fpiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus , that bewitches , And leads men into pools and ditches , 510 To make them dip themselves , and found For Christendom in ...
... those that bear it ; A light that falls down from on high , For fpiritual trades to cozen by ; An ignis fatuus , that bewitches , And leads men into pools and ditches , 510 To make them dip themselves , and found For Christendom in ...
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... those That use to make the stars depofe , Like Knights o ' th ' Poft , and falfely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were confenting to 585 All mischiefs in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ...
... those That use to make the stars depofe , Like Knights o ' th ' Poft , and falfely charge Upon themselves what others forge ; As if they were confenting to 585 All mischiefs in the world men do : Or , like the devil , did tempt and fway ...
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