The Poetical Works: With an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorM. & W. Ward, 1811 - 72 pages |
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... honor , And reading wants not her admirers . He was born in the kingdom of Ireland , At Fernes , in the province of Leinster , Where Pallas had set her name , 29th Nov. 1731 . He was educated at Dublin , And died in London , 4th April ...
... honor , And reading wants not her admirers . He was born in the kingdom of Ireland , At Fernes , in the province of Leinster , Where Pallas had set her name , 29th Nov. 1731 . He was educated at Dublin , And died in London , 4th April ...
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... honor , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails And honor sinks where commerce long prevails , Hence every state ...
... honor , liberty , content . Yet these each other's power so strong contest , That either seems destructive of the rest . Where wealth and freedom reign , contentment fails And honor sinks where commerce long prevails , Hence every state ...
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... honor forms the social temper here . Honor , that praise which real merit gains , Or e'en imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the land : From courts to camps ...
... honor forms the social temper here . Honor , that praise which real merit gains , Or e'en imaginary worth obtains , Here passes current ; paid from hand to hand It shifts , in splendid traffic , round the land : From courts to camps ...
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... the general system feels Its motions stop , or phrenzy fire the wheels . Nor this the worst . As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honor fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , THE TRAVELLER . 21.
... the general system feels Its motions stop , or phrenzy fire the wheels . Nor this the worst . As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honor fail to sway , Fictitious bonds , the bonds of wealth and law , THE TRAVELLER . 21.
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... honor in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
... honor in its source , Gave wealth to sway the mind with double force . Have we not seen round Britain's peopled shore , Her useful sons exchang'd for useless ore ? Seen all her triumphs but destruction haste , Like flaring tapers ...
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