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... rest ; and are , on this account , distinguished by the forcible manner in which they are uttered . Thus in the entence , Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day - light in the mind , and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity ...
... rest ; and are , on this account , distinguished by the forcible manner in which they are uttered . Thus in the entence , Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day - light in the mind , and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity ...
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... rest : be busy for yourself , And for your friend ; be busy ev'n in vain , Rather than tease her sated appetites : Who never fasts , no banquet c'er enjoys ; Who never toils or watches , never sleeps . Let nature rest : and when the ...
... rest : be busy for yourself , And for your friend ; be busy ev'n in vain , Rather than tease her sated appetites : Who never fasts , no banquet c'er enjoys ; Who never toils or watches , never sleeps . Let nature rest : and when the ...
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... rest , with her chilling gale , Should blast th ' unfolding blossoms ere they blow ; If mimic hues , by Art or Fashion spread , Their genuine , simple colouring should supply ; O ! with them may these laureate honours fade ; And with ...
... rest , with her chilling gale , Should blast th ' unfolding blossoms ere they blow ; If mimic hues , by Art or Fashion spread , Their genuine , simple colouring should supply ; O ! with them may these laureate honours fade ; And with ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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