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The first fam'd aphorism thy great master spoke , Did he live now he would revoke , And better things of man report ; For thou dost make Life long , and Art but short . Ah , learned friend ! it grieves me , when I think That thou with ...
The first fam'd aphorism thy great master spoke , Did he live now he would revoke , And better things of man report ; For thou dost make Life long , and Art but short . Ah , learned friend ! it grieves me , when I think That thou with ...
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... the guards before him fled . > Jannes and Jambres stopp'd their flight , And with proud words allay'd th ' affright . “ The God of Naves , ” said they , 16 how can he be “ More powerful than their masters ' deity ?
... the guards before him fled . > Jannes and Jambres stopp'd their flight , And with proud words allay'd th ' affright . “ The God of Naves , ” said they , 16 how can he be “ More powerful than their masters ' deity ?
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That hand which now on David's life would prey , * Shall then turn just , and its own master flay ; " He whom thou hat'st , on thy lov'd throne shall fit , 405 “ And expiate the disgrace thou dost to it . “ Hafte then ; tell David what ...
That hand which now on David's life would prey , * Shall then turn just , and its own master flay ; " He whom thou hat'st , on thy lov'd throne shall fit , 405 “ And expiate the disgrace thou dost to it . “ Hafte then ; tell David what ...
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530 Put - by the weapon , and milled it right , How vain man's power is ! unless God command , The weapon disobeys his master's hand ; Happy was now the error of the blow ;. At Gilboa it will not serye him so .
530 Put - by the weapon , and milled it right , How vain man's power is ! unless God command , The weapon disobeys his master's hand ; Happy was now the error of the blow ;. At Gilboa it will not serye him so .
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“ Brought thee from bondage to be master here . “ Slaughter shall wear out these , new weapons get , “ And death in triumph on thy darts shall fit . “ When Judah's lion starts up to his prey , - The beasts shall hang their ears ...
“ Brought thee from bondage to be master here . “ Slaughter shall wear out these , new weapons get , “ And death in triumph on thy darts shall fit . “ When Judah's lion starts up to his prey , - The beasts shall hang their ears ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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