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Page 89
Two leaves produc'd , two rough indented leaves , Cautious , he pinches from the
second stalk A pimple , that portends a future fprout , And interdicts its growth .
Thence straight fucceed The branches , sturdy to his utmost wish , Prolific all ,
and ...
Two leaves produc'd , two rough indented leaves , Cautious , he pinches from the
second stalk A pimple , that portends a future fprout , And interdicts its growth .
Thence straight fucceed The branches , sturdy to his utmost wish , Prolific all ,
and ...
Page 91
All plants , of ev'ry leaf , that can endure The winter's frown , if screen'd from his
shrewd bite , Live there and prosper . Those Ausonia claims , Levantine regions
these ; th ' Azores fend Their jeffamine , her jeffamine remote Caffraia ; foreigners
...
All plants , of ev'ry leaf , that can endure The winter's frown , if screen'd from his
shrewd bite , Live there and prosper . Those Ausonia claims , Levantine regions
these ; th ' Azores fend Their jeffamine , her jeffamine remote Caffraia ; foreigners
...
Page 92
Discharge but these kind offices , and who Would fpare , that loves them , offices
like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The fight is pleas'd , The scent regal'd ,
each odorif'rous leaf , Each opening bloffom , freely breathes abroad Its gratitude
...
Discharge but these kind offices , and who Would fpare , that loves them , offices
like these ? ) Well they reward the toil . The fight is pleas'd , The scent regal'd ,
each odorif'rous leaf , Each opening bloffom , freely breathes abroad Its gratitude
...
Page 180
... but is content With flender notes and more than half suppress'd Pleas'd with his
folitude , and fitting light From spray to spray , where'er he rests he fhakes From
many a twig the pendent drops of ice , That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below .
... but is content With flender notes and more than half suppress'd Pleas'd with his
folitude , and fitting light From spray to spray , where'er he rests he fhakes From
many a twig the pendent drops of ice , That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below .
Page 233
... boy in the religion of a heathen , but merely that neglect of Christian culture
which leaves him shamefully ignorant of his own . Schools , Schools , unless
discipline were doubly strong , Detain their REVIEW OF SCHOOL S. 233.
... boy in the religion of a heathen , but merely that neglect of Christian culture
which leaves him shamefully ignorant of his own . Schools , Schools , unless
discipline were doubly strong , Detain their REVIEW OF SCHOOL S. 233.
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