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Her guardian gods renounc'd their patronage , Nor would the fierce invading foe
repel ; To my resentment , and Minerva's rage , The guilty king and the whole
people fell . And now the long - protracted wars are o'er , The soft adulterer
shines ...
Her guardian gods renounc'd their patronage , Nor would the fierce invading foe
repel ; To my resentment , and Minerva's rage , The guilty king and the whole
people fell . And now the long - protracted wars are o'er , The soft adulterer
shines ...
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He tells us , that when he raised up but half his body , he over - looked a tall
forest of oaks , and that his whole body was as large as that of the serpent in the
fkies . None but a madman would have attacked such a monster as this is
described ...
He tells us , that when he raised up but half his body , he over - looked a tall
forest of oaks , and that his whole body was as large as that of the serpent in the
fkies . None but a madman would have attacked such a monster as this is
described ...
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This is wonderfully diverting to the understanding , thus to receive a precept , that
enters as it were through a by - way , and to apprehend an idea that draws a
whole train after it . For here the mind , which is always delighted with its own ...
This is wonderfully diverting to the understanding , thus to receive a precept , that
enters as it were through a by - way , and to apprehend an idea that draws a
whole train after it . For here the mind , which is always delighted with its own ...
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together in the country , and was probably for his great prudence the oracle of the
whole neighbourhood . These principles of good husbandry ran through his
works , and directed him to the choice of tillage and merchandize , for the subject
of ...
together in the country , and was probably for his great prudence the oracle of the
whole neighbourhood . These principles of good husbandry ran through his
works , and directed him to the choice of tillage and merchandize , for the subject
of ...
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While hurricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and sweep whole
plains away , We drink with horror , and confess our fear , And all the sudden
founding ruin hear . When royal robes , diftain'd with blood , deceive And make
poor ...
While hurricanes in circling eddies play , Tear up the fands , and sweep whole
plains away , We drink with horror , and confess our fear , And all the sudden
founding ruin hear . When royal robes , diftain'd with blood , deceive And make
poor ...
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