Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and VersePrinted: London, Reprinted by J. Phillips, 1787 - 198 էջ |
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... courses round the sphere , Since thou my undiftinguifh'd form furvey'd , Among the lifeless heaps of matter laid . Thy skill my elemental clay refin'd , The ftraggling parts in beauteous order joined ; With perfect fymmetry.compos'd the ...
... courses round the sphere , Since thou my undiftinguifh'd form furvey'd , Among the lifeless heaps of matter laid . Thy skill my elemental clay refin'd , The ftraggling parts in beauteous order joined ; With perfect fymmetry.compos'd the ...
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... course of mirth betrays fuch a levity of mind , that your prefence will never be desired , but to divert others , whofe regard ceafes the inftant the laugh- ter is over ; and fhould your wit offend , you may be af- fured of an enemy ...
... course of mirth betrays fuch a levity of mind , that your prefence will never be desired , but to divert others , whofe regard ceafes the inftant the laugh- ter is over ; and fhould your wit offend , you may be af- fured of an enemy ...
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... COURSE of virtue , innocence , and piety , is fuperior to all the luxury and grandeur , by which the greateft libertines ever propofed to gratify their defires ; for then the foul is ftill enlarged , by grafping at the en- joyments of ...
... COURSE of virtue , innocence , and piety , is fuperior to all the luxury and grandeur , by which the greateft libertines ever propofed to gratify their defires ; for then the foul is ftill enlarged , by grafping at the en- joyments of ...
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... course . Ev'n now our hafty moments pafs away , For ever , O , for ever are they gone ! We die with every breath ; no calling back The niceft point of all our vain duration ; ' Tis paft beyond retrieve ! but oh ! there rest Eternal ...
... course . Ev'n now our hafty moments pafs away , For ever , O , for ever are they gone ! We die with every breath ; no calling back The niceft point of all our vain duration ; ' Tis paft beyond retrieve ! but oh ! there rest Eternal ...
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... course have ran ; And , rul'd by wifdom's heav'nly voice , Make my laft exit like a man ? Fierce tho ' affliction's billows roll , And deep distress deforms the scene ; If innocence fecure the foul , Vain is the rage , the tumult vain ...
... course have ran ; And , rul'd by wifdom's heav'nly voice , Make my laft exit like a man ? Fierce tho ' affliction's billows roll , And deep distress deforms the scene ; If innocence fecure the foul , Vain is the rage , the tumult vain ...
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Էջ 170 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Էջ 22 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.
Էջ 141 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Էջ 169 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Էջ 51 - O thou bounteous giver of all good, Thou art of all thy gifts thyself the crown ! Give what thou canst, without thee we are poor ; And with thee rich, take what thou wilt away.
Էջ 158 - Then see the sorrows of my heart, Ere yet it be too late ; And hear my Saviour's dying groans, To give those sorrows weight. VI. For never shall my soul despair Her pardon to procure, Who knows thine only Son has died To make her pardon sure.
Էջ 168 - If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies; And they are fools who roam : The world has nothing to bestow ; From our own selves our joys must flow, And that dear hut, our home.
Էջ 120 - 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 earned.
Էջ 191 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Էջ 157 - IT is of the last importance to season the passions of a child with devotion, which seldom dies in a mind that has received an early tincture of it. Though it may seem extinguished for a while by the cares of the world, the heats of youth, or the allurements of vice, it generally breaks out and discovers itself again as soon as discretion, consideration, age, or misfortunes have brought the man to himself. The fire may be covered and overlaid, but cannot be entirely quenched and smothered.