The Poetical Works of William Cowper, Volume 2George Bell, 1909 |
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... thing of the kind . Probably what Southey has given was a title - page designed when the first portion of the work went to press , which was in 1784 , but afterwards cancelled when the printing ran on into the following year , and other ...
... thing of the kind . Probably what Southey has given was a title - page designed when the first portion of the work went to press , which was in 1784 , but afterwards cancelled when the printing ran on into the following year , and other ...
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... things , and intend 170 The least of our concerns , ( since from the least The greatest oft originate ) could Chance Find place in his dominion , or dispose One lawless particle to thwart his plan , Then God might be surprised , and ...
... things , and intend 170 The least of our concerns , ( since from the least The greatest oft originate ) could Chance Find place in his dominion , or dispose One lawless particle to thwart his plan , Then God might be surprised , and ...
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... things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all essenced o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon the ...
... things , as smooth And tender as a girl , all essenced o'er With odours , and as profligate as sweet ; Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath , And love when they should fight ; when such as these Presume to lay their hand upon the ...
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... thing ) The pulpit ( when the satirist has at last , Strutting and vapouring in an empty school , 330 Spent all his force , and made no proselyte ) I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar powers ) Muststand ...
... thing ) The pulpit ( when the satirist has at last , Strutting and vapouring in an empty school , 330 Spent all his force , and made no proselyte ) I say the pulpit ( in the sober use Of its legitimate , peculiar powers ) Muststand ...
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... things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ! and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes , huddle up their work , And with a well - bred whisper close the scene ! In ...
... things that mount the rostrum with a skip , And then skip down again ; pronounce a text ; Cry - hem ! and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes , huddle up their work , And with a well - bred whisper close the scene ! In ...
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