The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper, Esq: Including the Hymns and Translations from Madame Guion, Milton, Etc., and Adam; a Sacred Drama; from the Italian of Gio. Battista Andreini, with a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1D. Appleton, 1856 |
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... proved the better oculist of the two , for it delivered me from them all ; but it did not render him better qualified to bear with a good grace the bitter annoyances to which he was subject , and we find him declaring that his timidity ...
... proved the better oculist of the two , for it delivered me from them all ; but it did not render him better qualified to bear with a good grace the bitter annoyances to which he was subject , and we find him declaring that his timidity ...
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... proves itself , when rightly understood and cordially embraced , to be the grand desideratum , which alone can relieve the mind of man from painful and unavoidable anxieties , inspire it with stable peace and solid hope , and furnish ...
... proves itself , when rightly understood and cordially embraced , to be the grand desideratum , which alone can relieve the mind of man from painful and unavoidable anxieties , inspire it with stable peace and solid hope , and furnish ...
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... prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ; They have their weight to carry , subjects theirs ; Poets , of all men , ever least regret Increasing taxes and the nation's debt ...
... prove , As if the world and they were hand and glove . Leave kingly backs to cope with kingly cares ; They have their weight to carry , subjects theirs ; Poets , of all men , ever least regret Increasing taxes and the nation's debt ...
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... prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked by Despotism's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand charms to shew , That ...
... prove too much : If all men indiscriminately share His fostering power , and tutelary care , As well be yoked by Despotism's hand , As dwell at large in Britain's charter'd land . B. No. Freedom has a thousand charms to shew , That ...
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... Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it so : Neglected talents rust into decay , And every effort ends in push - pin ... Prove this , and forfeit all pretence to praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess ...
... Proves that the mind is weak , or makes it so : Neglected talents rust into decay , And every effort ends in push - pin ... Prove this , and forfeit all pretence to praise . Make their heroic powers your own at once , Or candidly confess ...
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