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... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel there- fore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular inftance of it . CONTENTS . THE TASK , in Six Books . Book iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... all disappointments , attest the truth of the allegation . His quarrel there- fore is with the mischief at large , and not with any particular inftance of it . CONTENTS . THE TASK , in Six Books . Book iv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touched with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now feek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud ...
... Truth , Hope , and Charity * , and touched with awe The folemn chords , and with a trembling hand , Escaped with pain from that adventurous flight , Now feek repose upon an humbler theme ; The theme though humble , yet august and proud ...
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... where violence prevails , And ftrength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tamed , by liberty refreshed , And all her fruits by radiant truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA .
... where violence prevails , And ftrength is lord of all ; but gentle , kind , By culture tamed , by liberty refreshed , And all her fruits by radiant truth matured . War and the chase engross the savage whole ; War BOOK I. 27 THE SOFA .
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... as roundly as the may , The total ordinance and will of God ; Advancing fashion to the post of truth , And centering all authority in modes VOL . II . Ꭰ And cuftoms of her own , till fabbath rites Have BOOK I. 333 THE SOFA .
... as roundly as the may , The total ordinance and will of God ; Advancing fashion to the post of truth , And centering all authority in modes VOL . II . Ꭰ And cuftoms of her own , till fabbath rites Have BOOK I. 333 THE SOFA .
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... truth philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his inftrument , forgets , Or difregards , or , more prefumptuous ftill , Denies the power , that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
... truth philosophy , though eagle - eyed In nature's tendencies , oft overlooks ; And , having found his inftrument , forgets , Or difregards , or , more prefumptuous ftill , Denies the power , that wields it . God proclaims His hot ...
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