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" And taught a brute the way to safe revenge. i would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, * Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. "
Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ... - Page 75
by William Cowper - 1801 - 231 pages
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 10

1815 - 876 pages
...t I would not cater on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and tine sen^r, Yf-t wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An insdvritt'iit step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has...
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Three Discourses on the Case of the Animal Creation, and the Duties of Man ...

James Plumptre - 1816 - 98 pages
...distressing question. He says, I would not enter on my list of friends, (Though grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,)...ev'ning in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The creeping vermin, loathsome to the sight,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1816 - 328 pages
...IV. Cruelty to Brutes censured, I WOULD not enter on my list of friends, (Though grae'd with polish'd manners and fine sense , Yet wanting sensibility,)...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forew arn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

Elizabeth Tomkins - 1817 - 276 pages
...CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. BY THE SAME. I WOULD not enter on my list of friends, (Though graced with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility,)...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn'd, Will tread aside and let the reptile...
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Anecdotes of Remarkable Insects: Selected from Natural History, and ...

Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...COWPER, ESQ. I WOULD not enter on my list of friends (Tho* graced with polished manners and fine ssnse, Yet wanting sensibility) the man, Who needlessly sets...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the public path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1817 - 240 pages
...on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and tine sense, Yet wanting sensihility) the man, Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An...inadvertent step may crush the snail, That crawls at evening in the puhlic path ; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside and let the reptile...
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The Art of Reading: Containing a Number of Useful Rules, Exemplified by a ...

Daniel Staniford - 1817 - 256 pages
...', I WOULD not enter on my list of friends, (Though grac d with polish d manners and fine seine. Vet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm. An inadvertant step may crush the snail, That crawl* at evening in the public path; But he that IMS humanity,...
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The English spelling book

William Fordyce Mavor - 1818 - 178 pages
...CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. By Cmvper. I WOULD not enter on my list of friends (Though grae'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the...crawls at ev'ning in the public path; But he that has humamty, forewarn'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. For they are all, the meanest things...
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Practical Hints to Honest Hearts: On Some of the Many Ways and Means of ...

Richard Graves - 1818 - 176 pages
...Says the moralizing Cowper, " I would not number on my list of friends " (Tbo' grac'd with polish'd manners and fine sense, " Yet wanting sensibility) the man " Who needlessly sets foot upon a toorm." But to return to those " other things." — Some of them have been anticipated. Music has been...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1819 - 306 pages
...brute the way to safe revenge. I would not enter on my list of ir lends (Though grac'd with polish 'd manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the...may crush the snail. That crawls at ev'ning in the publick path ; But he that has humanity, forewarn 'd, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. The...
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