The Speaker: Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers, and Disposed Under Proper Heads, with a View to Facilitate the Improvement of Youth in Reading and Speaking |
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Page 70
... heav'n's topmost arch , When , exercife and air my only aim , And heedlefs whither , to that field I came , Ere yet with ruthless joy the happy hound Told hill and dale that Reynard's track was found , Or with the high - rais'd horn's ...
... heav'n's topmost arch , When , exercife and air my only aim , And heedlefs whither , to that field I came , Ere yet with ruthless joy the happy hound Told hill and dale that Reynard's track was found , Or with the high - rais'd horn's ...
Page 103
... HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of Fate , All but the page prefcrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know , Or who could fuffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day ...
... HEAV'N from all creatures hides the book of Fate , All but the page prefcrib'd , their present state : From brutes what men , from men what spirits know , Or who could fuffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to - day ...
Page 104
... heav'n ; Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier ifland in the watʼry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . To Be , contents his natural defire ...
... heav'n ; Some fafer world in depth of woods embrac'd , Some happier ifland in the watʼry waste , Where flaves once more their native land behold , No fiends torment , no Chriftians thirst for gold . To Be , contents his natural defire ...
Page 106
... Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod , And Nature tremble to the throne of God . All this dread ORDER break - for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! -- Oh Madness ! Pride ! Impiety ! What if the foot , ordain'd the duft to tread ...
... Heav'n's whole foundations to their centre nod , And Nature tremble to the throne of God . All this dread ORDER break - for whom ? for thee ? Vile worm ! -- Oh Madness ! Pride ! Impiety ! What if the foot , ordain'd the duft to tread ...
Page 108
... heav'n on pride . Then facred feem'd th ' ethereal vault no more ; Altars grew marble then , and reek'd with gore : Then first the Flamen tafted living food ; Next his grim idol fmear'd with human blood .; With Heav'n's own thunders ...
... heav'n on pride . Then facred feem'd th ' ethereal vault no more ; Altars grew marble then , and reek'd with gore : Then first the Flamen tafted living food ; Next his grim idol fmear'd with human blood .; With Heav'n's own thunders ...
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