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... himself the Pains to compare this with the former Editions . There is nothing alter'd in the Stile , which is very good and elegant , according to the Time be wrote in ; and peculiar to himself . We procured alfo fome few Notes of the ...
... himself the Pains to compare this with the former Editions . There is nothing alter'd in the Stile , which is very good and elegant , according to the Time be wrote in ; and peculiar to himself . We procured alfo fome few Notes of the ...
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... himself , but withdrew out of the Crowd , with Defires of Inlightening and Instructing the Minds of those that remained in it . Notwithstanding his clofe Retirement and ferious Application to Studies , Love ftole in upon him , and did ...
... himself , but withdrew out of the Crowd , with Defires of Inlightening and Instructing the Minds of those that remained in it . Notwithstanding his clofe Retirement and ferious Application to Studies , Love ftole in upon him , and did ...
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... himself never drank Nectar that sparkled with a more Sprightly Luftre . For diverting himself and his Friends , he wrote a Sheet which he called Pole- mo - Middinia : ' Tis a fort of Macaronick Poetry , in which the Scots Words are put ...
... himself never drank Nectar that sparkled with a more Sprightly Luftre . For diverting himself and his Friends , he wrote a Sheet which he called Pole- mo - Middinia : ' Tis a fort of Macaronick Poetry , in which the Scots Words are put ...
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... himself with all his Might to prevent it , and wrote a great many excel- lent Discourses , which were never before Printed , but are now offered to the Confideration of the Ingenious Reader . The Irene is an excel- lent Discourse , in ...
... himself with all his Might to prevent it , and wrote a great many excel- lent Discourses , which were never before Printed , but are now offered to the Confideration of the Ingenious Reader . The Irene is an excel- lent Discourse , in ...
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... himself PROTECTOR of the Liberties of the Kingdom ; be fball furcharge the People with greater Mifery , than ever be fore they did fuffer ; be fhall be Protector of the Church , himself being without Soul or Confcience , without Letters ...
... himself PROTECTOR of the Liberties of the Kingdom ; be fball furcharge the People with greater Mifery , than ever be fore they did fuffer ; be fhall be Protector of the Church , himself being without Soul or Confcience , without Letters ...
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Page 26 - ... flowers ; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness dost declare, And what dear gifts on thee He did not spare, A stain to human sense in sin that lowers. What soul can be so sick which by thy songs...
Page 12 - My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize — But he, grim grinning King, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surpri.se, Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
Page 169 - For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Page 22 - A treasury which bankrupt time devours, A knowledge than grave ignorance more blind, A vain delight our equals to command, A style of greatness...
Page 26 - Nor mov'd at glory's breath, Which shadow-like on wings of time doth glide ; So malice to disarm, And conquer hasty wrath, As to do good to those that work your harm : To hatch no base desires, Or gold or land to gain, Well...
Page 5 - I estranged live, Contented more with what your shades me give, Than if I had what Thetis doth embrace ; What snaky eye, grown jealous of my...
Page 9 - This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it everywhere And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it...
Page 222 - He heth consumed a whole night in lying looking to his great toe, about which he hath seen Tartars and Turks, Romans and Carthaginians, feight in his imagination.
Page 8 - Most blest abid'st above the sphere of spheres; If heavenly laws, alas ! have not thee bound From looking to this globe that all upbears, If ruth and pity there above be found, O deign to lend a look unto those tears.