The Enlightenment and English Literature: Prose and Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, with Selected Modern Critical EssaysJohn L. Mahoney |
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... happy Nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given , The poor contents him with the care of Heaven . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ...
... happy Nature to explore , The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given , The poor contents him with the care of Heaven . See the blind beggar dance , the cripple sing , The sot a hero , lunatic a king ...
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... happy moment shall arrive , let me fill up the time with such repre- sentations as thou canst give me . I am not ignorant of the motive that assembles such numbers in that place , and cannot but consider it as the center of wisdom and ...
... happy moment shall arrive , let me fill up the time with such repre- sentations as thou canst give me . I am not ignorant of the motive that assembles such numbers in that place , and cannot but consider it as the center of wisdom and ...
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... HAPPY CHANGE How blessed thy creature is , O God , When with a single eye , He views the lustre of thy word , The day - spring from on high ! Through all the storms that veil the skies , And frown on earthly things , The Sun of ...
... HAPPY CHANGE How blessed thy creature is , O God , When with a single eye , He views the lustre of thy word , The day - spring from on high ! Through all the storms that veil the skies , And frown on earthly things , The Sun of ...
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Mark Akenside | 10 |
Alexander Pope | 15 |
from THE DUNCIAD | 98 |
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