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... SONS , T. DAVIES , T. PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W.OWEN , B. WHITE , S. CROWDER , T. CASLON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , E. AND C. DILLY , J. DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. WILKIE , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , T. LOWNDES , T. BECKET , G. ROBINSON , T.CADELL ...
... SONS , T. DAVIES , T. PAYNE , L. DAVIS , W.OWEN , B. WHITE , S. CROWDER , T. CASLON , T. LONGMAN , B. LAW , E. AND C. DILLY , J. DODSLEY , H. BALDWIN , J. WILKIE , J. ROBSON , J. JOHNSON , T. LOWNDES , T. BECKET , G. ROBINSON , T.CADELL ...
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... Son , Rather approv'd them not ; but thou didft plead Divine impulfion prompting how thou might'ft Find fome occafion to infelt our foes . I ftate not that ; this I am fure , our foes Found foon occasion thereby to make thee Their ...
... Son , Rather approv'd them not ; but thou didft plead Divine impulfion prompting how thou might'ft Find fome occafion to infelt our foes . I ftate not that ; this I am fure , our foes Found foon occasion thereby to make thee Their ...
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... , and shamefully : a fin That Gentiles in their parables condemn To their abyss and horrid pains confin'd . MAN . Be penitent and for thy fault contrite , C4 495 500 But But act not in thy own affliction , Son : SAMSON AGONISTES . 23.
... , and shamefully : a fin That Gentiles in their parables condemn To their abyss and horrid pains confin'd . MAN . Be penitent and for thy fault contrite , C4 495 500 But But act not in thy own affliction , Son : SAMSON AGONISTES . 23.
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Samuel Johnson. But act not in thy own affliction , Son : Repent the fin ; but if the punishment Thou canft avoid , felf - prefervation bids ; Or th ' execution leave to high difpofal , And let another hand , not thine , exact Thy penal ...
Samuel Johnson. But act not in thy own affliction , Son : Repent the fin ; but if the punishment Thou canft avoid , felf - prefervation bids ; Or th ' execution leave to high difpofal , And let another hand , not thine , exact Thy penal ...
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... son , 1440 Or of him bringing to us fome glad news ? [ hither MAN . Peace with you , Brethren ; my inducement Was not at present here to find my son , By order of the lords new parted hence To come and play before them at their feast ...
... son , 1440 Or of him bringing to us fome glad news ? [ hither MAN . Peace with you , Brethren ; my inducement Was not at present here to find my son , By order of the lords new parted hence To come and play before them at their feast ...
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Page 82 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence : And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence ; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
Page 65 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 183 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 180 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 109 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 160 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 105 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 108 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song...
Page 11 - Let us not break in upon him. O change beyond report, thought, or belief!
Page 104 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...