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... thou bringe of mole Cooe parcels three complete , Echal pale myne pirty tribut mict and ful . an is to gif my martial maifter 1010 , Andan fchall be a pillowe for my DAINIE ; and an to playe the prettie boye at carolieth in the lane ...
... thou bringe of mole Cooe parcels three complete , Echal pale myne pirty tribut mict and ful . an is to gif my martial maifter 1010 , Andan fchall be a pillowe for my DAINIE ; and an to playe the prettie boye at carolieth in the lane ...
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... thou perch'd upon this Stone , And gaz - t thence on fome god's starry throne ? Then the eagle replies ; Į Plato's foul , to heav'n flown , reprefent ; His body's buried in this monument . And this affords a moft convincing proof that ...
... thou perch'd upon this Stone , And gaz - t thence on fome god's starry throne ? Then the eagle replies ; Į Plato's foul , to heav'n flown , reprefent ; His body's buried in this monument . And this affords a moft convincing proof that ...
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... thou haft given life to fo many in- nocent creatures , who did not folicit it ! Was it only to fee them come into the world , suffer , and die ? -Sorrow sweeps over this afflicted earth like a furious hurricane , whilst pleasure is as ...
... thou haft given life to fo many in- nocent creatures , who did not folicit it ! Was it only to fee them come into the world , suffer , and die ? -Sorrow sweeps over this afflicted earth like a furious hurricane , whilst pleasure is as ...
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... thou art to learn , that if Provi- " dence fometimes ordains the good man " to be unhappy , it is to lead him more " certainly to happinefs . " Coid terror no longer froze my fentes ; a pure , mild , ineffable joy fucceeded which filled ...
... thou art to learn , that if Provi- " dence fometimes ordains the good man " to be unhappy , it is to lead him more " certainly to happinefs . " Coid terror no longer froze my fentes ; a pure , mild , ineffable joy fucceeded which filled ...
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... thou shakeft , notwithstanding thy bod defenders . The enemy thirfts for the plunder of thy treafures . Yet you ftill oppote him with courageous refift- ance . Vain efforts ! -They mount - they fcale thy proud towers ; blood flows ...
... thou shakeft , notwithstanding thy bod defenders . The enemy thirfts for the plunder of thy treafures . Yet you ftill oppote him with courageous refift- ance . Vain efforts ! -They mount - they fcale thy proud towers ; blood flows ...
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