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... Fate , in a strange humour , had decreed That what it wrote , none but itfelf fhould read ; Much too it chatter'd of dramatic laws , Misjudging critics , and mifplac'd applause , Then , with a felf - complacent jutting air , It fmil'd ...
... Fate , in a strange humour , had decreed That what it wrote , none but itfelf fhould read ; Much too it chatter'd of dramatic laws , Misjudging critics , and mifplac'd applause , Then , with a felf - complacent jutting air , It fmil'd ...
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... fate , Change fhould enfue , and ruin feize the state , Shall we not find fafe in that hallow'd ground , Such refuge as the Holy Martyr found ? Nor lefs our debt in Science , tho ' deny'd By the weak flaves of prejudice and pride ...
... fate , Change fhould enfue , and ruin feize the state , Shall we not find fafe in that hallow'd ground , Such refuge as the Holy Martyr found ? Nor lefs our debt in Science , tho ' deny'd By the weak flaves of prejudice and pride ...
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... fate ; Thefe facts , which might , where wifdom held the fway , Awake the very stones to bar our way , There fhall be nothing , nor one trace remain In the dull region of an English brain . Blefs'd with that faith , which mountains can ...
... fate ; Thefe facts , which might , where wifdom held the fway , Awake the very stones to bar our way , There fhall be nothing , nor one trace remain In the dull region of an English brain . Blefs'd with that faith , which mountains can ...
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... fate may bow ; Reynolds , in time , may be like Hogarth now . THE GHOST . 1 N FOUR BOOK S. BOOK I. ITH eager fearch to dart the foul , W Curioully vain , from pole to pole , VOL . VILL And from the planets , wand'ring spheres Textort ...
... fate may bow ; Reynolds , in time , may be like Hogarth now . THE GHOST . 1 N FOUR BOOK S. BOOK I. ITH eager fearch to dart the foul , W Curioully vain , from pole to pole , VOL . VILL And from the planets , wand'ring spheres Textort ...
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... Fate . Prophets , embodied in a College , ( Time out of mind your feat of knowledge , For Genius never fruit can bear Unless it firft is planted there , And folid learning never falls Without the verge of College walls ) Infallible ...
... Fate . Prophets , embodied in a College , ( Time out of mind your feat of knowledge , For Genius never fruit can bear Unless it firft is planted there , And folid learning never falls Without the verge of College walls ) Infallible ...
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