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... fear I have prejudiced them by my management , I shall subjoin the passages of Isaiah , and those of Vir- gil , under the same disadvantage of a literal translation . YE nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly themes sublimer ...
... fear I have prejudiced them by my management , I shall subjoin the passages of Isaiah , and those of Vir- gil , under the same disadvantage of a literal translation . YE nymphs of Solyma ! begin the song : To heavenly themes sublimer ...
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... fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his Father . ' Isaiah , ch . vij . ver . 14. ' Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son -- Chap , ix . ver . 6 , 7. Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ...
... fears . He shall govern the earth in peace , with the virtues of his Father . ' Isaiah , ch . vij . ver . 14. ' Behold a Virgin shall conceive and bear a Son -- Chap , ix . ver . 6 , 7. Unto us a Child is born ; unto us a Son is given ...
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... fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where ev'n the great find rest , And blended lie th ' oppressor and th ' opprest ! Make sacred Charles's ...
... fear'd Edward sleeps : Whom not th ' extended Albion could contain , From old Belerium to the northern main , The grave unites ; where ev'n the great find rest , And blended lie th ' oppressor and th ' opprest ! Make sacred Charles's ...
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... fear , the virtuous shun ; By fools ' tis hated , and by knaves undone ! If wit so much from ignorance undergo , Ah , let not learning too commence its foe ! Of old , those met rewards , who could excel , And such were prais'd who but ...
... fear , the virtuous shun ; By fools ' tis hated , and by knaves undone ! If wit so much from ignorance undergo , Ah , let not learning too commence its foe ! Of old , those met rewards , who could excel , And such were prais'd who but ...
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... Fear not the anger of the wise to raise ; Those best can bear reproof , who merit praise . ' Twere well might critics still this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak , And stares tremendous , with a threatening eye ...
... Fear not the anger of the wise to raise ; Those best can bear reproof , who merit praise . ' Twere well might critics still this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak , And stares tremendous , with a threatening eye ...
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