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Pagina vii
... endowed with the greatest perfections of nature , and poffeffed of all the advantages of external condition , he could not find happiness ; the rest of mankind A 4 may may fafely take the monarch's word for the truth of PREFACE . vii.
... endowed with the greatest perfections of nature , and poffeffed of all the advantages of external condition , he could not find happiness ; the rest of mankind A 4 may may fafely take the monarch's word for the truth of PREFACE . vii.
Pagina 12
... rest ; Another fun demands return of care , The remnant toil of yesterday to bear ? Whilft , when the folar beams falute the fight , Bold and fecure in half a year of light , Uninterrupted voyages they take To the remoteft wood , and ...
... rest ; Another fun demands return of care , The remnant toil of yesterday to bear ? Whilft , when the folar beams falute the fight , Bold and fecure in half a year of light , Uninterrupted voyages they take To the remoteft wood , and ...
Pagina 33
... rest : " Yet ftill in vain ; for mufic gather'd thought : But how unequal the effects it brought ! The foft Ideas of the chearful note , Lightly receiv'd , were eafily forgot : The folemn violence of the graver found Knew to ftrike deep ...
... rest : " Yet ftill in vain ; for mufic gather'd thought : But how unequal the effects it brought ! The foft Ideas of the chearful note , Lightly receiv'd , were eafily forgot : The folemn violence of the graver found Knew to ftrike deep ...
Pagina 96
... rest , and startling sleep to mourn , ' Till morn , the tyrant , and the scourge , return . Bred up in grief , can pleasure be our theme ? Our endless anguish does not nature claim ? Reason , and forrow are to us the fame . Alas ! with ...
... rest , and startling sleep to mourn , ' Till morn , the tyrant , and the scourge , return . Bred up in grief , can pleasure be our theme ? Our endless anguish does not nature claim ? Reason , and forrow are to us the fame . Alas ! with ...
Pagina 103
... rest ? Are thy kids ftarv'd by winter's early froft ? Are any of thy bleating ftragglers loft ? Have ftrangers ' cattle trod thy new - plough'd ground ? Has great Joanna , or her greater fhepherd frown'd . ALEX I S. See my kids browze ...
... rest ? Are thy kids ftarv'd by winter's early froft ? Are any of thy bleating ftragglers loft ? Have ftrangers ' cattle trod thy new - plough'd ground ? Has great Joanna , or her greater fhepherd frown'd . ALEX I S. See my kids browze ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 32 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Pagina 68 - Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices ; and the glory of the Lord filled the house.
Pagina 67 - The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Pagina 67 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
Pagina 157 - And now in this journey of life I would have A place where to bait, 'twixt the court and the grave: Where joyful to live, not unwilling to die— Gadzooks ! I have just such a place in my eye. There are gardens so stately, and...
Pagina 68 - I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
Pagina 87 - And griefs, will find their shafts elanc'd in vain, And their points broke, retorted from the head, Safe in the grave, and free among the dead.
Pagina 219 - Woolston doubts ; And that his son, and his son's son, Were all but ploughmen, clowns, and louts. Each, when his rustic pains began, To merit pleaded equal right ; 'Twas only who left off at noon, Or who went on to work till night.
Pagina 204 - Venus, we deride The vagrant's malice, and his mother's pride ; Send him to nymphs who sleep on Ida's shade, To the loose dance, and wanton masquerade ; Our thoughts are settled, and intent our look, On the instructive verse, and moral book ; On female idleness his power relies ; But, when he finds us studying hard, he flies.
Pagina 178 - I'll soon with Jenny's pride quit score. Make all her lovers fall: They'll grieve I was not loos'd before ; She, I was loos'd at all.