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... and tall , God - like erect ! with native honour clad , And naked majefty , feem'd lords of all , And worthy feem'd , He for God only ; fhe , for God and him . -She , -She , as a veil , down to her flender of Scripture . 21.
... and tall , God - like erect ! with native honour clad , And naked majefty , feem'd lords of all , And worthy feem'd , He for God only ; fhe , for God and him . -She , -She , as a veil , down to her flender of Scripture . 21.
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... lord in a state of innocence . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I firft awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flowers , much wondering where And what I was , whence thither brought , and how . Not diftant far ...
... lord in a state of innocence . That day I oft remember , when from fleep I firft awak'd , and found myself repos'd Under a fhade , on flowers , much wondering where And what I was , whence thither brought , and how . Not diftant far ...
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... Lord ? Peradventure , there be fifty righteous within the city ; wilt thou alfo deftroy and not Spare the city , for the fifty righteous that are therein ? c . HESE , and the following verfes , in a very remarkable manner , demonftrate ...
... Lord ? Peradventure , there be fifty righteous within the city ; wilt thou alfo deftroy and not Spare the city , for the fifty righteous that are therein ? c . HESE , and the following verfes , in a very remarkable manner , demonftrate ...
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... Lord of nature ; I tremble in thy prefence , and yet I approach thee . Peradventure there fhall lack five of the fifty righteous : thou wilt not be extremely minute to mark what is wanting ; nor can it be in thy be- nignant nature to ...
... Lord of nature ; I tremble in thy prefence , and yet I approach thee . Peradventure there fhall lack five of the fifty righteous : thou wilt not be extremely minute to mark what is wanting ; nor can it be in thy be- nignant nature to ...
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... Lord , for " his MERCY * endureth for ever . " In treating of the fubject of mercy , and the fublime and beautiful of fentiment , it were a kind of literary herefy to omit two moft eloquent and divine paffages , the one from the twenty ...
... Lord , for " his MERCY * endureth for ever . " In treating of the fubject of mercy , and the fublime and beautiful of fentiment , it were a kind of literary herefy to omit two moft eloquent and divine paffages , the one from the twenty ...
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Abraham againſt alfo allufion almoft amidſt amongſt anfwer Balaam beauty becauſe Behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men Cicero cife circumftance compariſon confequence darkneſs daughter defcription defign defire Deity difplayed divine Efau ESSAY ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcene fcripture fecond feem fenfe fent fentence fentiment fervant ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak fpirit freſh ftand ftill ftory ftrength ftroke fubject fublime fuch fuperior furely fword Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftration infpire inftance itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord Midian Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obfervations occafion Orpah paffages paffions PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent racter reafon Ruth ſhe tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion univerfal verfe verſe whofe ZAREPHATH