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Page 22
... gives not thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest : The soul , uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come ...
... gives not thee to know , But gives that hope to be thy blessing now . Hope springs eternal in the human breast : Man never is , but always to be blest : The soul , uneasy , and confin'd from home , Rests and expatiates in a life to come ...
Page 24
... gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet say , if man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If man alone engross not heaven's high care , Alone made perfect here , immortal there : Snatch from his hand ...
... gives too little , there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust , Yet say , if man's unhappy , God's unjust ; If man alone engross not heaven's high care , Alone made perfect here , immortal there : Snatch from his hand ...
Page 30
... gives , and what denies ? " Far as creation's ample range extends , The scale of sensual , mental pow'rs ascends : Mark how it mounts , to man's imperial race , From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt ...
... gives , and what denies ? " Far as creation's ample range extends , The scale of sensual , mental pow'rs ascends : Mark how it mounts , to man's imperial race , From the green myriads in the peopled grass : What modes of sight betwixt ...
Page 46
... Gives all the strength and colour of our life , Pleasures are ever in our hands and eyes ; And , when in act they cease , in prospect rise : Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All spread ...
... Gives all the strength and colour of our life , Pleasures are ever in our hands and eyes ; And , when in act they cease , in prospect rise : Present to grasp , and future still to find , The whole employ of body and of mind . All spread ...
Page 48
... gives it edge and pow'r ; " As heaven's blest beam turns vinegar more sour . We , wretched subjects tho ' to lawful sway , In this weak queen , some fav'rite still obey : Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more ...
... gives it edge and pow'r ; " As heaven's blest beam turns vinegar more sour . We , wretched subjects tho ' to lawful sway , In this weak queen , some fav'rite still obey : Ah ! if she lend not arms , as well as rules , What can she more ...
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28 Floréal alike Amiral Nelson barbare blest bliss bonheur call Cambacérès chaînes CHARLES LE BRUN ciel cieux citoyens cœur crimes cruel demandez Dieu dignité impériale earth égorger Empereur enfans ev'ry Ferdinand VII find first Floréal an 12 fool friend George IV gives gloire good gouvernement Britannique great habitans happiness heav'n heaven's HEROS heureux hommes humain Joseph Bonaparte kings know l'Empereur l'esprit l'Etat l'exécrable l'hérédité l'homme l'univers laws liberté life lois Louis Bonaparte Louis XVIII love made maitre Majesté Impériale makes man alone man's mankind ment mind NAPOLEON BONAPARTE nation Nature and State nature's nature's law naturelle & légitime never Orcades passion patrie perfide peuple pleasure politique pow'r pride qu'un rage raison reason République right sacrés sang Self-love sénat sénatus-consulte sénatus-consulte organique seul Sire soul strong tems things thinks thou thro tribunat trône tyran vertu vertueux vice virtue want weak whole wise