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" OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. "
Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ... - Page 53
by William Cowper - 1801 - 231 pages
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 36

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 562 pages
...principal cause, to the * ant of discipline in the universities. THE TASK. BOOK II. THE TIME-PIECE. O FOB a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity...Earth is fill'd, There is no flesh in man's obdurate haart, It does not feel for man ; the nat'ral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax, That falls...
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The task. [Followed by] Tirocinium: or, A review of schools

William Cowper - 1822 - 258 pages
...consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities. \J FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which Earth is lill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 80

British poets - 1822 - 310 pages
...consequent evils, ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities. O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...reach me more. My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which Earth is fill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate...
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...genuine cause of all. SECTION XI. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices and hatreds and on slavery. Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd. There is no flesh in man's obdurate...
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The Favourite of Nature: A Tale ...

Mary Ann Kelty - 1822 - 400 pages
...tears and lacerates the heart of its fellow. Justly, indeed, did the suffering poet exclaim :-— " Oh, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " Some boundless...of shade, " Where rumour of oppression and deceit " Might never reach me more." And truly has he told us that " There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart,...
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Influence and example; or, The recluse. By the author of 'Dangerous errors'.

Influence - 1823 - 250 pages
...your cogitations, Clara; are you not ready to exclaim, in the language of our feeling bard? " Oh ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more." " Truly so, dear madam," replied Clara. " If there is a spot on earth where the harassed wing of Peace...
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation

John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...of forgiveness from Heaven to man ! Lwon 76.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. LESSON LXXVI. Slavery. — COWPER. 0 FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...unsuccessful or successful war, -— ; — Might never reach me-more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with whicfi"...
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The Historical Reader: Designed for the Use of Schools and Families, on a ...

John Lauris Blake - History - 1824 - 396 pages
...cannot bribe, whose omniscience no cunning can elude, and. whose omnipotence no power can resist. 6. O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pained, My soul is sick, with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which earth is filled....
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Poems

William Cowper - 1824 - 446 pages
...ascribed, as to its principal cause, to the want of discipline in the universities. THE TIME-PIECE. O FOR a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear is pain V , My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which Earth is fill'd. There...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves. Ibid. Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless...Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful and successful war Might never reach me more ! My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with ev'ry day's report...
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