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... skies , In vain he closes or averts his eyes , Truth will intrude - she bids him yet beware ; And shakes the sceptic in the scorner's chair . Though various foes against the Truth combine , Pride above all opposes her design ; Pride ...
... skies , In vain he closes or averts his eyes , Truth will intrude - she bids him yet beware ; And shakes the sceptic in the scorner's chair . Though various foes against the Truth combine , Pride above all opposes her design ; Pride ...
Page 61
... skies , Pride falls unpitied , never more to rise , Humility is crown'd , and Faith receives the prize . EXPOSTULATION . Tantane , tam patiens , nullo certamine tolli Dona sines - Virg . WHY weeps the muse for England ? What appears ...
... skies , Pride falls unpitied , never more to rise , Humility is crown'd , and Faith receives the prize . EXPOSTULATION . Tantane , tam patiens , nullo certamine tolli Dona sines - Virg . WHY weeps the muse for England ? What appears ...
Page 64
... skies , Loses at once all value and esteem , Pronounced by graybeards a pernicious dream : Then Ceremony leads her bigots forth , Prepared to fight for shadows of no worth ; While truths , on which eternal things depend , Find not , or ...
... skies , Loses at once all value and esteem , Pronounced by graybeards a pernicious dream : Then Ceremony leads her bigots forth , Prepared to fight for shadows of no worth ; While truths , on which eternal things depend , Find not , or ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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