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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 166
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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The boys' school; or, Traits of character in early life

Elizabeth Sandham - 1810 - 170 pages
...increase, the more he endeavoured, by every attention in his power, to remove it» CHAPTER XIII. " Yet, when the sense of sacred Presence fires, And...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned.1' JOHNSON. AT length Mr. Falkner became so ill, it was necessary to call-in medical advice....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1821 - 398 pages
...borrowed it, and died very poor in 1G4G." Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best : Yet when the sense of...presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Four forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which...
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1822 - 514 pages
...The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, " Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best : " Yet when the sense...which scarce collective man can fill ; " For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill : " For faith, which panting for a happier seat, " Counts death kind...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

1822 - 292 pages
...afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of...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 Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and ...

James Boswell - 1822 - 508 pages
...of a specious pray'r ; " Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, •f Secure, whate'er he gives, be gives the best : " Yet when the sense of sacred presence...which scarce collective man can fill ; " For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill : " For faith, which panting for a happier seat, " Counts death kind...
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The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 768 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient...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 novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 762 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — o i »rm ii a journey, of which I cannot perceive...where I may be approached on every side by men whom sovereign o'er transmuted ill ; For Faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind nature's...
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The Novels of Sterne, Goldsmith, Dr. Johnson, Mackenzie, Horace Walpole, and ...

Laurence Sterne - 1823 - 764 pages
...which treats of the same melancholy subject, and closes with this sublime strain of morality : — Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign 'd ; 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 - 1824 - 454 pages
...afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best : Yet when the sense of...healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; and rector of Okerton, near Banbury. He wrote, among many others, a Latin treatise, ' De natura cali,'...
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The minstrel, a collection of moral and religious poems

Minstrel - 1824 - 246 pages
...specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decision rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the hest. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires. And strong...skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful n,ind, Ohedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For...
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