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" The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes... "
Classical English Reader: Selections from Standard Authors with Explanatory ... - Page 207
by Henry Norman Hudson - 1888 - 452 pages
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Old Humphrey's Walks in London and Its Neighbourhood

Old Humphrey - 1799 - 372 pages
...comparison, to reflect on the pious, though unnoticed poor, whom, to do deeds of fame and glory— " Their lot forbade, nor circumscribed alone Their growing...slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind!" The name of king will not cover a crime from an all-seeing eye, nor blot out a deed of blood...
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Poetry Explained for the Use of Young People

Richard Lovell Edgeworth - 1802 - 152 pages
...years, withstood an act of public oppression, and had it redressed. xvI. " Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, " Their lot forbade ; nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. *Th' applause of list'ning senates to command , The threats of pain and ruin...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes , Their lot forbade: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ? Forbade...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest : Some Cromwell guiltless of his country'* blood. 1'lf applause of listening senates to command, The threats...plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation s eyes, Their lot forbade: nor eircumscrih'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 14

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 622 pages
...withstood ; Some mule inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of listening senates to command, The...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor circumscrili'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confm'd; Forbad...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 622 pages
...withstood ; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th1 applause of listening senates to command, The threats...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad : nor eireumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 15

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 682 pages
...inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad...
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A Criticism of the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

John Young - 1810 - 432 pages
...Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVII. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined:...
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A criticism on the Elegy written in a country church yard. Being a ...

John Young - 1810 - 266 pages
...Milton here may rest ; Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. XVI. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, XVII. Their lot forbad : nor circumscrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined:...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: W. Thompson, Blair ...

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 680 pages
...rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, Toe threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty...smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbad: nor circumicrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbad...
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