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Page 63
... Bright as his own , and trains by ev'ry rule Of holy difcipline , to glorious war , The facramental hoft of God's elect . Are all fuch teachers ? would to heav'n all were ! But hark - the Doctor's voice - faft wedg'd between Two ...
... Bright as his own , and trains by ev'ry rule Of holy difcipline , to glorious war , The facramental hoft of God's elect . Are all fuch teachers ? would to heav'n all were ! But hark - the Doctor's voice - faft wedg'd between Two ...
Page 137
... bright , He comes , the herald of a noify world , With spatter'd boots , strapp'd waist , and frozen locks , News from all nations lumb'ring at his back . True to his charge the close - pack'd load behind , Yet careless what he brings ...
... bright , He comes , the herald of a noify world , With spatter'd boots , strapp'd waist , and frozen locks , News from all nations lumb'ring at his back . True to his charge the close - pack'd load behind , Yet careless what he brings ...
Page 240
... bright as bullion unalloy'd Her bloffoms , and luxuriant above all The jasmine , throwing wide her elegant fweets , The deep dark green of whofe unvarnish'd leaf Makes more confpicuous , and illumines more The bright profusion of her ...
... bright as bullion unalloy'd Her bloffoms , and luxuriant above all The jasmine , throwing wide her elegant fweets , The deep dark green of whofe unvarnish'd leaf Makes more confpicuous , and illumines more The bright profusion of her ...
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