The Speaker ; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... ; To which are Prefixed, Two Essays |
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... desire to pass their time happily amongst them . To lessen that disdain with which scholars are inclined to look on the common business of the world , and the un- willingness with which they condescend to learn what is not to be found ...
... desire to pass their time happily amongst them . To lessen that disdain with which scholars are inclined to look on the common business of the world , and the un- willingness with which they condescend to learn what is not to be found ...
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... desire Ineffable , and sympathy of soul : Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungen'rous , who , alone intent To ...
... desire Ineffable , and sympathy of soul : Thought meeting thought , and will preventing will , With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love , and render bliss secure . Let him , ungen'rous , who , alone intent To ...
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... desire ? Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes ; The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods : Thence to their images on earth it flows , And in the breasts of kings and heroes glows . Most souls , ' tis true , but peep out once an ...
... desire ? Ambition first sprung from your blest abodes ; The glorious fault of Angels and of Gods : Thence to their images on earth it flows , And in the breasts of kings and heroes glows . Most souls , ' tis true , but peep out once an ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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