Moral essaysJ. and P. Knapton, H. Lintot, J. and R. Tonson, and S. Draper, 1751 |
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... Heart : rage in YOURS and BRITAIN'S You mourn : but BRITAIN , lull'd in rest profound , ( Unconscious Britain ! ) flumbers o'er her wound . Exulting Dulness ey'd the setting Light , And flapp'd her wing , impatient for the Night : Rouz ...
... Heart : rage in YOURS and BRITAIN'S You mourn : but BRITAIN , lull'd in rest profound , ( Unconscious Britain ! ) flumbers o'er her wound . Exulting Dulness ey'd the setting Light , And flapp'd her wing , impatient for the Night : Rouz ...
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... heart - born fire : The Charms of Praise the Coy , the Modest wooe , And only fly , that Glory may pursue : She , Pow'r refistless , rules the wife and Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; great , 36 Haunts the proud City , and ...
... heart - born fire : The Charms of Praise the Coy , the Modest wooe , And only fly , that Glory may pursue : She , Pow'r refistless , rules the wife and Bends ev'n reluctant Hermits at her feet ; great , 36 Haunts the proud City , and ...
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... heart . Each Pow'r that fov'reign Nature bids enjoy , 55 Man may corrupt , but Man can ne'er deftroy . Like mighty rivers , with refiftlefs force The Paffions rage , obstructed in their course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths ...
... heart . Each Pow'r that fov'reign Nature bids enjoy , 55 Man may corrupt , but Man can ne'er deftroy . Like mighty rivers , with refiftlefs force The Paffions rage , obstructed in their course ; Swell to new heights , forbidden paths ...
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... heart is fold : Hence , blind to truth , relentless Cato dy'd ; Nought could fubdue his Virtue , but his Pride . Hence chafte Lucretia's Innocence betray'd Fell by that Honour which was meant its aid . Thus Virtue finks beneath unnumber ...
... heart is fold : Hence , blind to truth , relentless Cato dy'd ; Nought could fubdue his Virtue , but his Pride . Hence chafte Lucretia's Innocence betray'd Fell by that Honour which was meant its aid . Thus Virtue finks beneath unnumber ...
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... hearts the shaft is spent : 155 Tho ' strong th ' example , weak the punishment . They least are pain'd , who merit satire most ; Folly the Laureat's , Vice was Chartres ' boaft : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of ...
... hearts the shaft is spent : 155 Tho ' strong th ' example , weak the punishment . They least are pain'd , who merit satire most ; Folly the Laureat's , Vice was Chartres ' boaft : Then where's the wrong , to gibbet high the name Of ...
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