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... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants indeed are many ; but supply Is obvious , placed within the easy reach Of temperate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset ...
... manners and the arts of civil life . His wants indeed are many ; but supply Is obvious , placed within the easy reach Of temperate wishes and industrious hands . Here virtue thrives as in her proper soil ; Not rude and surly , and beset ...
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... manners — victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as ...
... manners — victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or inspiration teaches ; and enclosed In boundless oceans , never to be pass'd By navigators uninform'd as ...
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... yet a nook is left , Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd by a frost , 38 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... yet a nook is left , Where English minds and manners may be found , Shall be constrain'd to love thee . Though thy clime Be fickle , and thy year most part deform'd With dripping rains , or wither'd by a frost , 38 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
... manners vain , In conversation frivolous , in dress Extreme , at once rapacious and profuse ; Frequent in park with lady at his side , Ambling and prattling scandal as he goes ; But rare at home , and never at his books , Or with his ...
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... manner ; decent , solemn , chaste , And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself , as conscious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well ...
... manner ; decent , solemn , chaste , And natural in gesture ; much impress'd Himself , as conscious of his awful charge , And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look , And tender in address , as well ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth