Poems: In two volumes, Volume 1Sharpe, 1810 - 438 pages |
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... painful and unavoidable anxieties , inspire it with stable peace and solid hope , and furnish those motives and prospects which , in the present state of things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational ...
... painful and unavoidable anxieties , inspire it with stable peace and solid hope , and furnish those motives and prospects which , in the present state of things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational ...
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... birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke— An art contriv❜d 28 TABLE TALK .
... birks and braes , though he was never there ; Or , having whelp'd a prologue with great pains , Feels himself spent , and fumbles for his brains ; A prologue interdash'd with many a stroke— An art contriv❜d 28 TABLE TALK .
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... Pain . Man , thus endued with an elective voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honey'd store ...
... Pain . Man , thus endued with an elective voice , Must be supplied with objects of his choice ; Where'er he turns , enjoyment and delight , Or present , or in prospect , meet his sight ; Those open on the spot their honey'd store ...
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... height again , Ere yet the pleasing toil becomes a pain . Is this the rugged path , the steep ascent , That Virtue points to ? Can a life thus spent 70 Lead to the bliss she promises the wise , Detach 44 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
... height again , Ere yet the pleasing toil becomes a pain . Is this the rugged path , the steep ascent , That Virtue points to ? Can a life thus spent 70 Lead to the bliss she promises the wise , Detach 44 THE PROGRESS OF ERROUR .
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... pains to sow ; We give some Latin , and a smatch of Greek ; Teach him to fence and figure twice a week ; And having done , we think , the best we can , Praise his proficiency , and dub him man . 360 From school to Cam or Isis , and ...
... pains to sow ; We give some Latin , and a smatch of Greek ; Teach him to fence and figure twice a week ; And having done , we think , the best we can , Praise his proficiency , and dub him man . 360 From school to Cam or Isis , and ...
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