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... soon as The Task was completed , Cowper turned his atten- tion to Tirocinium , which he had begun two years before , and of which only two hundred lines had been written : ' I have lately resumed it , ' he told Unwin on 20 October ...
... soon as The Task was completed , Cowper turned his atten- tion to Tirocinium , which he had begun two years before , and of which only two hundred lines had been written : ' I have lately resumed it , ' he told Unwin on 20 October ...
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... minds Takes deeper root , confirm'd by what they fee A relaxation of religions hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart Soon follows , and the curb of confcience fnapt , The The laity run wild . But do they now ? [ 74 ]
... minds Takes deeper root , confirm'd by what they fee A relaxation of religions hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart Soon follows , and the curb of confcience fnapt , The The laity run wild . But do they now ? [ 74 ]
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... Soon fee your wish fulfilled in either child , The pert made perter , and the tame made wild . The great indeed , by titles , riches , birth , Excufed th ' incumbrance of more folid worth , Are best disposed of , where with most fuccess ...
... Soon fee your wish fulfilled in either child , The pert made perter , and the tame made wild . The great indeed , by titles , riches , birth , Excufed th ' incumbrance of more folid worth , Are best disposed of , where with most fuccess ...
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