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... folly ) and my fate . " The truth is , his genius and predilections were little suited to legal pursuits . Instead , therefore , of poring over heavy tomes of dry legal enactment , or of judicial decision - he devoted his hours to light ...
... folly ) and my fate . " The truth is , his genius and predilections were little suited to legal pursuits . Instead , therefore , of poring over heavy tomes of dry legal enactment , or of judicial decision - he devoted his hours to light ...
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... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased , Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time ...
... folly , lust , Enervate and enfeeble , and needs must ; And that a nation shamefully debased , Will be despised and trampled on at last , Unless sweet Penitence her powers renew , Is truth , if history itself be true . There is a time ...
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... Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left ? - B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
... Folly's cost , themselves unmoved the while . That constellation set , the world in vain Must hope to look upon their like again . A. Are we then left ? - B. Not wholly in the dark ; Wit now and then , struck smartly , shows a spark ...
Side 20
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
... folly , lust , employ the pen ; If acrimony , slander and abuse , Give it a charge to blacken and traduce ; Though Butler's wit , Pope's numbers , Prior's ease , With all that fancy can invent to please , Adorn the polish'd periods as ...
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... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears : the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
... Folly unsubdued behind . Gray dawn appears : the sportsman and his train Speckle the bosom of the distant plain ; ' Tis he , the Nimrod of the neighb'ring lairs ; Save that his scent is less acute than theirs , For persevering chase ...
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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