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... King Home 485 The Character of a good King The Guilt of bad Kings Young Norval informs Lord Randolph by what means he acquired a knowledge in the art of war Ibid . 436 Douglas's Soliloquy in the wood , waiting for Lady Randolph , after ...
... King Home 485 The Character of a good King The Guilt of bad Kings Young Norval informs Lord Randolph by what means he acquired a knowledge in the art of war Ibid . 436 Douglas's Soliloquy in the wood , waiting for Lady Randolph , after ...
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... King of kings , Upborne on your expanded wings , Come flying all abroad . Ye floods of fire , where'er ye flow , With juft fubmiffion humbly bow To his fuperior pow'r , Who ftops the tempeft on its way , Or bids the flaming deluge tray ...
... King of kings , Upborne on your expanded wings , Come flying all abroad . Ye floods of fire , where'er ye flow , With juft fubmiffion humbly bow To his fuperior pow'r , Who ftops the tempeft on its way , Or bids the flaming deluge tray ...
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... king of brutes , in life's decline , Refolv'd dominion to refign ; The beats were fummon'd to appear , · And bend before the royal heir . They came ; a day was fix'd ; the crowd Before their future monarch bow'd . A dapper Monkey , pert ...
... king of brutes , in life's decline , Refolv'd dominion to refign ; The beats were fummon'd to appear , · And bend before the royal heir . They came ; a day was fix'd ; the crowd Before their future monarch bow'd . A dapper Monkey , pert ...
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... King of Kings , Shall be the monarch of all worlds for ever . $ 192 . On the Goodness of the Supreme Being . SMART . name Might as well change their triple boaft , thewhite , The purple , and the gold , that far outvie The Eastern ...
... King of Kings , Shall be the monarch of all worlds for ever . $ 192 . On the Goodness of the Supreme Being . SMART . name Might as well change their triple boaft , thewhite , The purple , and the gold , that far outvie The Eastern ...
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... kings first breath'd upon her winding Or raife old warriors , whofe ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth ... King the marble weeps , And , faft befide him , once - fear'd Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could ...
... kings first breath'd upon her winding Or raife old warriors , whofe ador'd remains In weeping vaults her hallow'd earth ... King the marble weeps , And , faft befide him , once - fear'd Edward fleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could ...
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