The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements : to which is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the AuthorAlexander Donaldson, 1774 |
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... ! ambitious , I afpire . In nature's general fymphony to join . And what new wonders can ye fhow your gueft ! Who , while on this dim fpot , where mortals toil 5 : 10 VOL . II . A Clouded in duft , from Motion's fimple laws , Could.
... ! ambitious , I afpire . In nature's general fymphony to join . And what new wonders can ye fhow your gueft ! Who , while on this dim fpot , where mortals toil 5 : 10 VOL . II . A Clouded in duft , from Motion's fimple laws , Could.
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... laws , Could trace the fecret hand of Providence , Wide - working thro ' this univerfal frame . Have ye not liften'd while he bound the Suns , And Planets , to their spheres ! th ' unequal task Of human - kind till then . Oft had they ...
... laws , Could trace the fecret hand of Providence , Wide - working thro ' this univerfal frame . Have ye not liften'd while he bound the Suns , And Planets , to their spheres ! th ' unequal task Of human - kind till then . Oft had they ...
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... law . The noiseless tide of time , all bearing down 125 . To vaft eternity's unbounded fea , Where the green iflands of the happy shine , He ftemm'd alone ; and to the fource ( involv'd Deep in primeval gloom ) ascending , rais'd His ...
... law . The noiseless tide of time , all bearing down 125 . To vaft eternity's unbounded fea , Where the green iflands of the happy shine , He ftemm'd alone ; and to the fource ( involv'd Deep in primeval gloom ) ascending , rais'd His ...
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... laws , my fulleft bleffings flow ; And where my jealous unfubmitting foul , The dread of tyrants ! burns in ev'ry breast : Learn hence , if fuch the miferable fate Of an heroic race , the masters once " 320 Of human - kind ; what , when ...
... laws , my fulleft bleffings flow ; And where my jealous unfubmitting foul , The dread of tyrants ! burns in ev'ry breast : Learn hence , if fuch the miferable fate Of an heroic race , the masters once " 320 Of human - kind ; what , when ...
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... laws . Beneath the rural portal , palm - o'erfpread , The father - fenate met . There Juftice dealt , With reason then and equity the fame , Free as the common air , her prompt decree ; Nor yet had ftain'd her fword with fubject's blood ...
... laws . Beneath the rural portal , palm - o'erfpread , The father - fenate met . There Juftice dealt , With reason then and equity the fame , Free as the common air , her prompt decree ; Nor yet had ftain'd her fword with fubject's blood ...
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