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Page 120
... laft , in vain . The learn'd and wife Sarcaftic would exclaim , and judge the song Cold as its theme , and like its theme , the fruit Of too much labor , worthlefs when produced . Who loves a garden , loves a green - house too ...
... laft , in vain . The learn'd and wife Sarcaftic would exclaim , and judge the song Cold as its theme , and like its theme , the fruit Of too much labor , worthlefs when produced . Who loves a garden , loves a green - house too ...
Page 298
... laft , hereafter if not here , He too might make his author's wisdom clear , Praise him on earth , or obftinately dumb Suffer his juftice in a world to come . This once believed , ' twere logic mifapplied To prove a confequence by none ...
... laft , hereafter if not here , He too might make his author's wisdom clear , Praise him on earth , or obftinately dumb Suffer his juftice in a world to come . This once believed , ' twere logic mifapplied To prove a confequence by none ...
Page 339
... if thou guard its facred chambers fure From vicious inmates and delights impure , Either his gratitude fhall hold him fast , And keep him warm and filial to the laft , Or if he prove unkind , as who can say Z 2 [ 339 ]
... if thou guard its facred chambers fure From vicious inmates and delights impure , Either his gratitude fhall hold him fast , And keep him warm and filial to the laft , Or if he prove unkind , as who can say Z 2 [ 339 ]
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