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" There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compared With those whose... "
The Poetical Works of William Cowper ... - Page 152
by William Cowper - 1859
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Poems, Volume 1

William Cowper - 1786 - 756 pages
...the fire., But gives the glorious fyff 'rers. little praife, * • . *'*•.. • • • * See Hume. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. , There's not a fthain That hellifh foes eonfed'rate for his harm Can wind around him,...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ...

William Cowper - 1787 - 230 pages
...indeed, The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But give* the glorious fuff'rers little praife.- * He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide, There's not a chain That hellifh foes confed'rate for his harm Can wind around him,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1787 - 346 pages
...indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire,. But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praifc.* He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befidc. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1788 - 376 pages
...tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praife.* c * See Hume. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1790 - 300 pages
...indeed The tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff 'rers little praife. * He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - Conduct of life - 1791 - 510 pages
...hclliih foes confid'ratc for his harm Can wind around him, but he cads it off With as much eafe as Samfon his green withes. He looks abroad into the varied field Of Nature, and tho' poor, perhaps, compar'd With thofe whofe manfions glitter in his fight, Calls the delightful fccnery...
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Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 63, Part 1

Early English newspapers - 1793 - 656 pages
...ihe daily cxcrcife of virtue. " " H» 4.26 Joy ond Grief in Dreamt, why fuperior to Reality. [May, " He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature — and though poor, perhaps, compar'd With thofe whofe manfions slitter in IMS fight, Calls rhe delightful fcen'ry all his own ;...
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Poems: By William Cowper, of the Inner Temple Esq. In Two Volumes ...

William Cowper - 1793 - 384 pages
...tyranny that doom'd them to the fire, But gives the glorious fuff'rers little praife*. * Sec Hume. He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are flaves befide. There's not a chain ' That hellifh foes, confed'rate for his harm, Can wind around him,...
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Poems: By William Cowper, ... In Two Volumes. ...

William Cowper - 1795 - 410 pages
...for his harm, Can wind around him, but he cafts it off With as much eafe as Samfon his green wyths. He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and, though poor perhaps compar'd With thofe whofe manfions glitter in hjs fight, Calls the delightful fcen'ry all his own....
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The French revolution, sketches

French revolution, 1789 - 1799 - 202 pages
...are but elaborate folly, and that true liberty is incompatible with the bondage of sinful passions. " He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside." This is no mere declamation, but the dictate of sober wisdom. No chains are so enslaving as those which...
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