 The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them...  Poems by William Cowper ... - Page 382by William Cowper - 1814 - 480 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cowper - 1824 - 450 pages
...convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that...sov'reign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teaeh your sons To love it too. The spring-time of our years Is soon dishonour')! and defil'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all— the meanest things that...God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The... | |
 | Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1824 - 308 pages
...convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims, Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that...God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 5 Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The... | |
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...convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that...God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1825 - 270 pages
...convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims, Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that...God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The... | |
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 | William Fordyce Mavor - Readers (Elementary) - 1825 - 176 pages
...public path; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. For they are all, the meanest things that are, As free...that life, As God was free to form them at the first, 7. OMNIPOTENCE. THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens,... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Readers - 1825 - 316 pages
...interfere, his rights and claims, Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all—the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, Who, in his snv^rrim wisdom- mat'ta*vwts-l«ll. As God was free to form them at first, 4. Ye, therefore,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1826 - 264 pages
...conven ience, healthy Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that...them at the first, Who, in his sov'reign wisdom, made (hem all* 5. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The spring time of our... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...convenience, health, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else, they are all — the meanest things...God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To love it too. The... | |
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