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... glory of her sex . " He wrote a funeral eulogy in which he did not scruple to pun upon her name ac- cording to the fashion of the time . " Her breast was a brave pallace , a broad street , Where all heroic , ample thoughts did meet ...
... glory of her sex . " He wrote a funeral eulogy in which he did not scruple to pun upon her name ac- cording to the fashion of the time . " Her breast was a brave pallace , a broad street , Where all heroic , ample thoughts did meet ...
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... glory , light , That hath this under world so richly dight : More heaven than earth was here no winter and no night . Then on a stately oak I cast mine eye , Whose ruffling top the clouds seem'd to aspire ; How long since thou wast in ...
... glory , light , That hath this under world so richly dight : More heaven than earth was here no winter and no night . Then on a stately oak I cast mine eye , Whose ruffling top the clouds seem'd to aspire ; How long since thou wast in ...
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... glory , that no eye Hath strength , thy shining rayes once to behold ? And is thy splendid throne erect so high ? As to approach it , can no earthly mould . How full of glory then must thy Creator be , Who gave this bright light luster ...
... glory , that no eye Hath strength , thy shining rayes once to behold ? And is thy splendid throne erect so high ? As to approach it , can no earthly mould . How full of glory then must thy Creator be , Who gave this bright light luster ...
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... glory call their own ? Our Shepard justly might to this pretend , ( His blessed father was of high renown : Both Englands speak him great , admire his name , ) But his own personal worth's a better claim . His look commanded reverence ...
... glory call their own ? Our Shepard justly might to this pretend , ( His blessed father was of high renown : Both Englands speak him great , admire his name , ) But his own personal worth's a better claim . His look commanded reverence ...
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... apparent , and enkindled that flaming persecution which spread an alarm throughout the country , and threw a portentous gloom over the dayspring of its glory . The name of Cotton Mather is generally associated with the COTTON MATHER . 7.
... apparent , and enkindled that flaming persecution which spread an alarm throughout the country , and threw a portentous gloom over the dayspring of its glory . The name of Cotton Mather is generally associated with the COTTON MATHER . 7.
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