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... stand- eth or falleth : but if he was of any denomination , he was a sort of a Quietist , and was full of the in- terior of religion though he so little regarded the exterior ; and it is certain was to the last an enthu- siast rather ...
... stand- eth or falleth : but if he was of any denomination , he was a sort of a Quietist , and was full of the in- terior of religion though he so little regarded the exterior ; and it is certain was to the last an enthu- siast rather ...
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... stand , a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield ... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing ...
... stand , a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield ... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing ...
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... stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in hell Precedence ...
... stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in hell Precedence ...
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... stand in arms , and , longing , wait The signal to ascend , sit lingering here Heaven's fugitives , and for their dwelling - place Accept this dark opprobrious den of shame , The prison of his tyrrany who reigns By our delay ? No ! let ...
... stand in arms , and , longing , wait The signal to ascend , sit lingering here Heaven's fugitives , and for their dwelling - place Accept this dark opprobrious den of shame , The prison of his tyrrany who reigns By our delay ? No ! let ...
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... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs , while he lordly sits Our envied Sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs , while he lordly sits Our envied Sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.