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... should lofe none of his deserved Praise in an English Drefs ; how far I have fucceeded , must be left to the De- The Honourable Thomas Townshend , Efq ; Member for the University of Cambridge . cifion L cifion of others : But I fhall ...
... should lofe none of his deserved Praise in an English Drefs ; how far I have fucceeded , must be left to the De- The Honourable Thomas Townshend , Efq ; Member for the University of Cambridge . cifion L cifion of others : But I fhall ...
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... should be understood according to their natural import , but that through a fpirit of envy and emulation , he has wilfully contracted his rival's praises . It is plain , he had no higher ambition than to be thought to be fuperior to ...
... should be understood according to their natural import , but that through a fpirit of envy and emulation , he has wilfully contracted his rival's praises . It is plain , he had no higher ambition than to be thought to be fuperior to ...
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... should be en- tirely devoid of water before the birth of Jupiter , and that then fo many great rivers should fud- denly fpring up , is a thing no way confonant with truth , but seems to be a fiction of the poet , in order to enhance the ...
... should be en- tirely devoid of water before the birth of Jupiter , and that then fo many great rivers should fud- denly fpring up , is a thing no way confonant with truth , but seems to be a fiction of the poet , in order to enhance the ...
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... should I mention milk and honey , fince an infant is first nourished with honey , then with milk ? " See See Bochart de Anmialibus , Sf . 1. 2. C. 5 . c . -It is fomewhat very remarkable that this divine infant fhould be nourished with ...
... should I mention milk and honey , fince an infant is first nourished with honey , then with milk ? " See See Bochart de Anmialibus , Sf . 1. 2. C. 5 . c . -It is fomewhat very remarkable that this divine infant fhould be nourished with ...
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... should wear the face of probabi- lity . " " Peffime vertunt , fays the younger Dr. Bentley ; thus I translate it : Si mentiri velim , ea mendacia dicam , quæ fint verifimilia , & quæ au- ditor em inducant , ad credendum . Poeta , fays ...
... should wear the face of probabi- lity . " " Peffime vertunt , fays the younger Dr. Bentley ; thus I translate it : Si mentiri velim , ea mendacia dicam , quæ fint verifimilia , & quæ au- ditor em inducant , ad credendum . Poeta , fays ...
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Page 25 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 100 - And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
Page 97 - And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron : and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
Page 18 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 157 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 70 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets ; 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Page 191 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels ; not in the bought smile Of harlots, loveless, joyless, unendeared, Casual fruition ; nor in court amours, Mixed dance, or wanton mask, or midnight ball, Or serenade, which the starved lover sings To his proud fair, best quitted with disdain...
Page 154 - Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Page 97 - And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth : and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
Page 7 - And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?