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... breathing had become very rapid ; but he exhibited none of those distortions of coun- tenance often witnessed immediately before death . At five o'clock on Friday morning , a mortal change had taken place in his features ; he lay ...
... breathing had become very rapid ; but he exhibited none of those distortions of coun- tenance often witnessed immediately before death . At five o'clock on Friday morning , a mortal change had taken place in his features ; he lay ...
Side 19
... float a bubble on the breath of Fame , Prompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ! The gift , whose office is the Giver's praise , TABLE TALK . 19.
... float a bubble on the breath of Fame , Prompt his endeavour and engage his aim , Debased to servile purposes of pride , How are the powers of genius misapplied ! The gift , whose office is the Giver's praise , TABLE TALK . 19.
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... breath ; And smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the livelong ...
... breath ; And smother'd in't at last , is praised to death . Yon cottager , who weaves at her own door , Pillow and bobbins all her little store ; Content though mean , and cheerful if not gay , Shuffling her threads about the livelong ...
Side 64
... breath . Who brought the lamp , that with awaking beams Dispell'd thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepit and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt : But still light reach'd thee ; and those gods ...
... breath . Who brought the lamp , that with awaking beams Dispell'd thy gloom , and broke away thy dreams , Tradition , now decrepit and worn out , Babbler of ancient fables , leaves a doubt : But still light reach'd thee ; and those gods ...
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... breath Sighs for his exit , vulgarly call'd death : For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then perhaps a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he reads ...
... breath Sighs for his exit , vulgarly call'd death : For he , with all his follies , has a mind Not yet so blank , or fashionably blind , But now and then perhaps a feeble ray Of distant wisdom shoots across his way , By which he reads ...
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beauty beneath bids bless'd boast breath call'd cause charms Cowper death delight design'd distant divine Dr Johnson dread dream earth ease East Dereham eyes fair fame fancy fear feel flowers folly form'd frown give glory grace hand happy hast heart Heaven honour hope hour human John Gilpin John Throckmorton land laudanum learn'd light live lost lyre mankind mercy mind muse nature Nebaioth never night nymph o'er Olney Hymns once peace perhaps pity pleasure poet poet's praise pride prize proud prove rapture rest rude sacred scene scorn seek seem'd shine sighs sight skies smile song soon sorrow soul sound Stamp'd stand stream sweet taste telescopic eye thee theme thine thought toil tongue trifler truth Twas verse VINCENT BOURNE virtue voice waste whate'er WILLIAM COWPER wind wisdom worth youth zeal