Poems, Band 2J. Johnson, 1800 |
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... Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapt , The laity run wild . - But do they now ? Note their extravagance , and be convinc'd . As nations , ignorant of God , contrive A wooden one , fo we , no longer taught By monitors that ...
... Soon follows , and , the curb of conscience snapt , The laity run wild . - But do they now ? Note their extravagance , and be convinc'd . As nations , ignorant of God , contrive A wooden one , fo we , no longer taught By monitors that ...
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... soon , If fann'd by balmy and nutritious air , Strain'd through the friendly mats , a vivid green . Two leaves produc'd , two rough indented leaves , Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple , that portends a future sprout ...
... soon , If fann'd by balmy and nutritious air , Strain'd through the friendly mats , a vivid green . Two leaves produc'd , two rough indented leaves , Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple , that portends a future sprout ...
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... Soon , by a righteous judgment , in the line Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver who first sweated at the forge , And forc'd the blunt and yet unbloodied steel To a keen edge , and ...
... Soon , by a righteous judgment , in the line Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver who first sweated at the forge , And forc'd the blunt and yet unbloodied steel To a keen edge , and ...
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... found religion fparingly enough ; * The author begs leave to explain . - Senfible that , without fuch knowledge , neither the ancient poets nor historians can be Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 261.
... found religion fparingly enough ; * The author begs leave to explain . - Senfible that , without fuch knowledge , neither the ancient poets nor historians can be Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 261.
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William Cowper. Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose their credit , and are all effac'd . Would you your son should be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong ; or all these at once ; That , in good time , the ftripling's ...
William Cowper. Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose their credit , and are all effac'd . Would you your son should be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong ; or all these at once ; That , in good time , the ftripling's ...
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againſt becauſe beneath beſt boaſt caufe cauſe cloſe courſe dæmons defign diftant dream earth eaſe Elfe elſe eſcape ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faft fame fcenes feed feek feel feem ferve fhade fhall fhine fhould fhow fide figh fight filent fince firft firſt fkies fleep flow'rs fome fong foon form'd foul ftand ftill ftream fuch fweet grace happineſs heart heav'n himſelf honour houſe itſelf John Gilpin juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs leſs loft loſe meaſure mind miſchief moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature never o'er once pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe purpoſe reft reſt ſcene ſchools ſeems ſeen ſhall ſhe ſhow ſkill ſmile ſpeak ſport ſpot ſpread ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe their's themſelves theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wind wiſdom worth
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Seite 327 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Seite 40 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Seite 119 - tis the twanging horn ! O'er yonder bridge, That with its wearisome but needful length Bestrides the wintry flood, in which the moon Sees her unwrinkled face reflected bright...
Seite 335 - Said Gilpin — So am I ! But yet his horse was not a whit Inclined to tarry there ; For why? — his owner had a house Full ten miles off, at Ware. So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong ; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Seite 40 - As human Nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast.
Seite 41 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free; They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Seite 34 - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threaten'd in the fields and groves?
Seite 56 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
Seite 189 - Are they not his by a peculiar right, And by an emphasis of interest his, Whose eye they fill with tears of holy joy, Whose heart with praise, and whose exalted mind With worthy thoughts of that unwearied love That plann'd, and built, and still upholds a world So...
Seite 333 - The bottles twain, behind his back, were shattered at a blow. Down ran the wine into the road, most piteous to be seen, Which made his horse's flanks to smoke as they had basted been. But still he...