| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...island in the wat'ry waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, nor Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. 4. Go, wiser thon! and in thy scale of seme Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be content's his natural desire ; Hi; asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks,...equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. 4. Go, wise<- them ! and in thy scale of sense Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...embrac'd, Some happier island in the wat'ry waste ; Where slaves once more their native land behold. No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, To...sky, ••His faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense) , Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...embracM, Some happier island in the watery waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To...desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; 119 But thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou!... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; 1 1 ft But thjnks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. IV. Go, wiser thou I and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection... | |
| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...waste : Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst tor gold. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks...seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, Hie faithful dog shall bear him company. Go, wiser thpu ! and in thy scale oi sense, Wi'tgh thy opinion... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 348 pages
...embrac'd, 105 Some happier island in the wat'ry waste, Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To...desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; no But Ver. 93. 94. In the first fol. and quarto, What bliss above he gives not thee to know, But... | |
| Early English newspapers - 1812 - 760 pages
...milky way : Yet simple Nature to his hope hath giv'n, Behind the cloud-topt hill an humbler heav'n. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's tire; But thinks, admitted to tTiat equal sky, HisJ'aitlifuldogshatt bear him company." At page 186... | |
| John Gabriel Stedman - Guiana - 1813 - 550 pages
..." Some happier island in the wat'ry waste ; " Where slaves once more their native land behold, " No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold, " To...equal sky, " His faithful dog shall bear him company. " Go, wiser thou ! and in thy scale of sense " Weigh thy opinion against Providence." For For my part... | |
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