The Works of the English Poets, Том 24J. Nichols, 1779 - 228 страници |
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... turn , and fhall not anticipate what is faid hereafter . I have been determined to employ fome of my leifuré hours in writing on this fubject , by the melancholy reflection I have often made on the growth of prophane- nefs , and the ...
... turn , and fhall not anticipate what is faid hereafter . I have been determined to employ fome of my leifuré hours in writing on this fubject , by the melancholy reflection I have often made on the growth of prophane- nefs , and the ...
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... turn every thing to mirth and raillery , does in proportion get ground ; this being esteemed the most successful method to weaken the power and autho- rity of religion in the minds of men . I would not here be underflood as if I ...
... turn every thing to mirth and raillery , does in proportion get ground ; this being esteemed the most successful method to weaken the power and autho- rity of religion in the minds of men . I would not here be underflood as if I ...
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... relish of folid knowledge and real merit ; that buf- foons themselves may one day be expofed , the laugh- ers in their turn become ridiculous , and an Atheistical C 2 icoffer fcoffer be as much out of credit , as a BLACKMORE'S CREATION .
... relish of folid knowledge and real merit ; that buf- foons themselves may one day be expofed , the laugh- ers in their turn become ridiculous , and an Atheistical C 2 icoffer fcoffer be as much out of credit , as a BLACKMORE'S CREATION .
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... turn ; That fwift rotation muft difperfe in air All things , which on the rapid orb appear : And if no power that motion should control , It must disjoint and diffipate the whole . ' Tis by experience uncontested found , Bodies ...
... turn ; That fwift rotation muft difperfe in air All things , which on the rapid orb appear : And if no power that motion should control , It must disjoint and diffipate the whole . ' Tis by experience uncontested found , Bodies ...
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... retreat , And why return to seek their central feat ? From the fame caufe , ye fons of art , declare Can they by turns descend , and rife in air ? 245 Prodigious Prodigious ' tis , that one attractive ray Should this CREATION . 47 Book I.
... retreat , And why return to seek their central feat ? From the fame caufe , ye fons of art , declare Can they by turns descend , and rife in air ? 245 Prodigious Prodigious ' tis , that one attractive ray Should this CREATION . 47 Book I.
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