PoemsWalter Scott, 1820 - 24 pages |
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... things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature , distin- guished by a vastness of capacity , which no as- semblage of earthly good can satisfy , and by a principle and pre - intimation of ...
... things , are absolutely necessary to produce a conduct worthy of a rational creature , distin- guished by a vastness of capacity , which no as- semblage of earthly good can satisfy , and by a principle and pre - intimation of ...
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... things : But where , good sir , do you confine your kings ? There said his guide the group is full in view . Indeed ? -replied the don - there are but few . His black interpreter the charge disdain'd- Few , fellow - there are all that ...
... things : But where , good sir , do you confine your kings ? There said his guide the group is full in view . Indeed ? -replied the don - there are but few . His black interpreter the charge disdain'd- Few , fellow - there are all that ...
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... things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , " E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause ...
... things , Sighing , I say again , I pity kings ! To be suspected , thwarted , and withstood , " E'en when he labours for his country's good ; To see a band , call'd patriot for no cause , But that they catch at popular applause ...
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... things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's drooping flowers ; Unwelcome vapours quench autumnal beams , Ungenial blasts attending curl ...
... things else , yet Nature here With stern severity deals out the year . Winter invades the spring , and often pours A chilling flood on summer's drooping flowers ; Unwelcome vapours quench autumnal beams , Ungenial blasts attending curl ...
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... things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage Slavery to a smile , And ...
... things than most suppose . Vigilant over all that he has made , Kind Providence attends with gracious aid ; Bids equity throughout his works prevail , And weighs the nations in an even scale ; He can encourage Slavery to a smile , And ...
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