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... first - born lights no prejudice confounds . He , kindling from within , requires no flame : He glories in a baftard's glowing name . Born to himself , by no poffeffion led , In Freedom fofter'd , and by Fortune fed ; Nor guides , nor ...
... first - born lights no prejudice confounds . He , kindling from within , requires no flame : He glories in a baftard's glowing name . Born to himself , by no poffeffion led , In Freedom fofter'd , and by Fortune fed ; Nor guides , nor ...
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... First to advance , then screen from future harm ? I am return'd from death , to live in pain ! Or wou'd Imperial Pity fave in vain ? Diftruft it not - What blame can Mercy find , Which gives , at once , a life , and rears a mind ...
... First to advance , then screen from future harm ? I am return'd from death , to live in pain ! Or wou'd Imperial Pity fave in vain ? Diftruft it not - What blame can Mercy find , Which gives , at once , a life , and rears a mind ...
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... ; But idly thou reject'ft the charm That gave it birth , and kept it warm . Unthinking fools , alone defpife The arts , that taught them first to rise . THE THE WOLF , SHEEP , AND LAMB . UTY demands 28 THE BEAUTIES OF.
... ; But idly thou reject'ft the charm That gave it birth , and kept it warm . Unthinking fools , alone defpife The arts , that taught them first to rise . THE THE WOLF , SHEEP , AND LAMB . UTY demands 28 THE BEAUTIES OF.
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... first effluence divine ; Far , far above the scenes of woe , That shut this cloud wrapt world below ; Superior goddess , effence bright , Beauty of uncreated light , Whom should mortality furvey , As doom'd upon a certain day , The ...
... first effluence divine ; Far , far above the scenes of woe , That shut this cloud wrapt world below ; Superior goddess , effence bright , Beauty of uncreated light , Whom should mortality furvey , As doom'd upon a certain day , The ...
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... first of all the town , was told , infagro 1 Where newest India things were fold : ! So , in a morning , without bodice , Slipt fometimes out to Mrs. Thody's ; To cheapen tea , to buy a fcreen : ⠀ . What else could fo much virtue mean ...
... first of all the town , was told , infagro 1 Where newest India things were fold : ! So , in a morning , without bodice , Slipt fometimes out to Mrs. Thody's ; To cheapen tea , to buy a fcreen : ⠀ . What else could fo much virtue mean ...
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Page 98 - ... immortal ! infeft infinite ! A worm ! a god ! — I tremble at myfelf, And in myfelf am loft ! at home a ftranger, Thought wanders up and down, furpriz'd, aghaft, And wond'ring at her own: How reafon reels ? O what a miracle to man is man, Triumphantly diftrefs'd ! what joy, what dread...