The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 1Nichol, 1854 - 428 pages |
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... lives has not a thousand times , in levity , or in momentary anger , uttered similar expressions - nay , en- tertained similar desires ? And is not , if the law be carried out to its rigour , " every one that hateth his brother a mur ...
... lives has not a thousand times , in levity , or in momentary anger , uttered similar expressions - nay , en- tertained similar desires ? And is not , if the law be carried out to its rigour , " every one that hateth his brother a mur ...
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... live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; 111 Quevedo : ' there is no such passage in the original Spanish . It has pro- bably been added by a translator . And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to ...
... live , the courtly laureate pays His quit - rent ode , his peppercorn of praise ; 111 Quevedo : ' there is no such passage in the original Spanish . It has pro- bably been added by a translator . And many a dunce , whose fingers itch to ...
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... live yet ; One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . 1 Petronius : ' Lord Chesterfield . 321 330 340 350 ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 35.
... live yet ; One sad epistle thence may cure mankind Of the plague spread by bundles left behind . 1 Petronius : ' Lord Chesterfield . 321 330 340 350 ' Tis granted , and no plainer truth appears , THE PROGRESS OF ERROR . 35.
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... LIVE . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . 30 Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) — Incredible , impossible , and vain ! — Rebel because ' tis easy to obey ...
... LIVE . Too many , shock'd at what should charm them most , Despise the plain direction , and are lost . 30 Heaven on such terms ! ( they cry with proud disdain ) — Incredible , impossible , and vain ! — Rebel because ' tis easy to obey ...
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... live ! " Tis done the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore ; And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
... live ! " Tis done the raging storm is heard no more , Mercy receives him on her peaceful shore ; And Justice , guardian of the dread command , Drops the red vengeance from his willing hand . A soul redeem'd demands a life of praise ...
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