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... virtue , after a long and disastrous separation , during which wit had been led astray by profligacy , and virtue by fanaticism . " -- Macaulay . G. Kneller ADDISON . S.Freeman 1 OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE.
... virtue , after a long and disastrous separation , during which wit had been led astray by profligacy , and virtue by fanaticism . " -- Macaulay . G. Kneller ADDISON . S.Freeman 1 OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE.
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... virtue and religion , in the cause of which he has bestowed his labours the more successfully , as they were his voluntary , not his necessary employment . The world became insensibly recon- ciled to wisdom and goodness , when they saw ...
... virtue and religion , in the cause of which he has bestowed his labours the more successfully , as they were his voluntary , not his necessary employment . The world became insensibly recon- ciled to wisdom and goodness , when they saw ...
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... Virtue , through th ' ethereal sky , From world to world unwearied does he fly ; Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of heaven's decrees , where wondering angels gaze ? Does he delight to hear bold seraphs tell , How Michael ...
... Virtue , through th ' ethereal sky , From world to world unwearied does he fly ; Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of heaven's decrees , where wondering angels gaze ? Does he delight to hear bold seraphs tell , How Michael ...
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... virtue trode before , Till bliss shall join , nor death can part us more . That awful form ( which , so ye heavens decree , Must still be loved , and still deplored by me ) In nightly visions seldom fails to rise , Or , roused by fancy ...
... virtue trode before , Till bliss shall join , nor death can part us more . That awful form ( which , so ye heavens decree , Must still be loved , and still deplored by me ) In nightly visions seldom fails to rise , Or , roused by fancy ...
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... virtue over - ruled , Inflamed by reason , and by reason cooled , In hours of peace content to be unknown , And only in the field of battle shown : To souls like these , in mutual friendship joined , Heaven dares intrust the cause of ...
... virtue over - ruled , Inflamed by reason , and by reason cooled , In hours of peace content to be unknown , And only in the field of battle shown : To souls like these , in mutual friendship joined , Heaven dares intrust the cause of ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.