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... move lightly and the mountains smoke , For he has touch'd them . From th ' extremeft point Of elevation down into th ' abyfs , His wrath is bufy and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong and the vallies rife , The rivers die into ...
... move lightly and the mountains smoke , For he has touch'd them . From th ' extremeft point Of elevation down into th ' abyfs , His wrath is bufy and his frown is felt . The rocks fall headlong and the vallies rife , The rivers die into ...
Page 74
... move derifion , or by foppifh airs And hiftrionic mumm'ry , that let down The pulpit to the level of the stage , Drops from the lips a difregarded thing , The weak perhaps are moved , but are not taught , While prejudice in men of ...
... move derifion , or by foppifh airs And hiftrionic mumm'ry , that let down The pulpit to the level of the stage , Drops from the lips a difregarded thing , The weak perhaps are moved , but are not taught , While prejudice in men of ...
Page 241
... move , And need not his immediate hand , who first Prescribed their course , to regulate it now . Thus dream they , and contrive to fave a God The incumbrance of his own concerns , and spare The great Artificer of all that moves . R The ...
... move , And need not his immediate hand , who first Prescribed their course , to regulate it now . Thus dream they , and contrive to fave a God The incumbrance of his own concerns , and spare The great Artificer of all that moves . R The ...
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