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... desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and for the time be free from contention and solicitude . But a wholly retired and contemplative life is fatal to poetry of ...
... desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and for the time be free from contention and solicitude . But a wholly retired and contemplative life is fatal to poetry of ...
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... desire is not to dis- parage an art to which- if the avowal may here be made - I have been from my youth upward devoted : but , could it be proved that poetry necessarily indisposes men towards freedom , inculcating a slavish ...
... desire is not to dis- parage an art to which- if the avowal may here be made - I have been from my youth upward devoted : but , could it be proved that poetry necessarily indisposes men towards freedom , inculcating a slavish ...
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... desires of a popish king , to the profanation of the sabbath , in the hope of having their ambition gratified by beholding the order to which they belonged advanced over the heads of the laymen . His first object , therefore , in coming ...
... desires of a popish king , to the profanation of the sabbath , in the hope of having their ambition gratified by beholding the order to which they belonged advanced over the heads of the laymen . His first object , therefore , in coming ...
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... desires ever thirst- ing after worldly employments , instead of diligent and fervent study in the Bible , they covet to be expert at canons and decretals , which may enable them to judge and interpose in temporal causes , however ...
... desires ever thirst- ing after worldly employments , instead of diligent and fervent study in the Bible , they covet to be expert at canons and decretals , which may enable them to judge and interpose in temporal causes , however ...
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... desires , that wander singly up and down in his likeness . By them , in their borrowed garb , Love , though not wholly blind , as poets wrong him , yet having but one eye , as being born an archer aiming , and that eye not the quickest ...
... desires , that wander singly up and down in his likeness . By them , in their borrowed garb , Love , though not wholly blind , as poets wrong him , yet having but one eye , as being born an archer aiming , and that eye not the quickest ...
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Page 45 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 463 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods, Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel...
Page xiii - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Page 478 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 53 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page ix - ... sacred Bible sought out of the dusty corners, where profane falsehood and neglect had thrown it, the schools opened, divine and human learning raked out of the embers of forgotten tongues, the princes and cities trooping apace to the new-erected banner of salvation ; the martyrs, with the unresistible might of weakness, shaking the powers of darkness, and scorning the fiery rage of the old red dragon.
Page 493 - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Page 58 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek.