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Page 132
... once Intoxication press'd the ground ; The doctrines warp'd to what they never meant ; That truth itself is in her head as dull And useless as a candle in a skull , And all her love of God a groundless claim , A trick upon the canvass ...
... once Intoxication press'd the ground ; The doctrines warp'd to what they never meant ; That truth itself is in her head as dull And useless as a candle in a skull , And all her love of God a groundless claim , A trick upon the canvass ...
Page 302
... once combined , Become a loathsome body , only fit For dissolution , hurtful to the main . Hence merchants , unimpeachable of sin Against the charities of domestic life , Incorporated , seem at once to lose Their nature ; and ...
... once combined , Become a loathsome body , only fit For dissolution , hurtful to the main . Hence merchants , unimpeachable of sin Against the charities of domestic life , Incorporated , seem at once to lose Their nature ; and ...
Page 356
... Once on a time , an emperor , a wise man , No matter where , in China or Japan , Decreed , that whosoever should offend Against the well - known duties of a friend , Convicted once should ever after wear But half a coat , and shew his ...
... Once on a time , an emperor , a wise man , No matter where , in China or Japan , Decreed , that whosoever should offend Against the well - known duties of a friend , Convicted once should ever after wear But half a coat , and shew his ...
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ton | 13 |
The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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