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A Book for Spare Moments: The Urn and the Page - Page 118
by Harvey Buckland - 1856 - 162 pages
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry, Volumes 5-6

John Bell - 1789 - 428 pages
...Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes disdern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective...
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Bell's Classical Arrangement of Fugitive Poetry: Vol. V.

1789 - 228 pages
...specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Vet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; For love, which scarce collective...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives...which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...Safe in His hand, whose eye discerns afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives He gives...which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, which panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1799 - 496 pages
...without he borrowed it, and died very poor in 1646." t' Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, t' And strong devotion to the skies aspires, " Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, t: Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; " For love, which scarce collective man can fill, " For...
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...pow-r whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure, whate-er he gives, he gives the best....mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign-d; For Lotf, which scarce collective man can fill; For Patience, sov-rcign o'er transmuted ill; For Faith,...
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The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the Author

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 238 pages
...Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives...presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, four forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which...
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Letters to a Young Lady on a Course of English Poetry

John Aikin - 1806 - 346 pages
...modern writer was superior to that of the ancient. Nobler lines than the following were never composed : Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong...which scarce collective man can fill, For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 328 pages
...in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...whose eye discerns afar jEtot! " ^ ne secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; 40. " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure whate'er he gives he...which scarce collective man can fill; " For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; " For faith, which panting for a happier seat, " Counts death kind Nature's...
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