Poems: The task, a poem, ... to which are added, by the same author, an Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. Tirocinium, or a Review of Schools, and the History of John Gilpin. 2J. Johnson, 1785 |
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... wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide , Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where it ...
... wisdom , proves a school in which he learns Sly circumvention , unrelenting hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide , Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where it ...
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... wisdom short Of man's occafions , when in him refide Grace , knowledge , comfort , an unfathom'd store ? How oft when Paul has ferv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully preach'd ! Men that if now alive , would fit content ...
... wisdom short Of man's occafions , when in him refide Grace , knowledge , comfort , an unfathom'd store ? How oft when Paul has ferv'd us with a text , Has Epictetus , Plato , Tully preach'd ! Men that if now alive , would fit content ...
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... wisdom , when the fault Is obftinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic happiness , thou only blifs Of Paradife that has furvived the fall ! Though few now tafte thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tafting , long enjoy thee , too infirm ...
... wisdom , when the fault Is obftinate , and cure beyond our reach . Domestic happiness , thou only blifs Of Paradife that has furvived the fall ! Though few now tafte thee unimpair'd and pure , Or tafting , long enjoy thee , too infirm ...
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... wisdom well And prove it in th ' infallible refult So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceived . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but fhe fleeps ...
... wisdom well And prove it in th ' infallible refult So hollow and fo falfe - I feel my heart Diffolve in pity , and account the learn'd , If this be learning , most of all deceived . Great crimes alarm the confcience , but fhe fleeps ...
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... for contemplation , and to nurse The growing feeds of wisdom ; that suggest By ev'ry pleasing image they prefent Reflections fuch as meliorate the heart , Compofe Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind , Scenes [ 106 ]
... for contemplation , and to nurse The growing feeds of wisdom ; that suggest By ev'ry pleasing image they prefent Reflections fuch as meliorate the heart , Compofe Compose the paffions , and exalt the mind , Scenes [ 106 ]
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