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" The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them... "
The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review ... - Page 171
by William Cowper - 1787 - 186 pages
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The Works of Cowper and Thomson: Including Many Letters and Poems Never ...

William Cowper - 1832 - 602 pages
...claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that arc — my dear first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,^ who love mercy, teach your sons To...
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A selection of moral lessons, natural history, Bible lessons, and poetry

Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all (the meanest things that are), As free to live, and to enjoy that life As Gcd was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who...
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The Task, and Other Poems

William Cowper - 1831 - 192 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish, theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, » 585 As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore,...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...his rights and claims .Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — -As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first. "Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Te, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. 5. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons...
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The Rhetorical Reader: Consisting of Instructions for Regulating the Voice ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1833 - 312 pages
...theirs. 25 Else they are all—the meanest things that are, Or safety, interfere, his rights and claims As free to live and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons 30 To love it too. The spring time of our years...
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Book for Parents: The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with ...

Christopher Anderson - Child rearing - 1834 - 442 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else, they are all — the meanest things that are As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who, in his sovereign wisdom, made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons...
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The Works of William Cowper: Table talk. The task. Tirocinium; or, A review ...

William Cowper - 1835 - 620 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are — As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To...
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The Life and Works of William Cowper: Now First Completed by the ..., Volume 7

William Cowper - 1835 - 406 pages
...his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach your sons To...
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An angler's rambles

Edward Jesse - 1836 - 336 pages
...counterbalance any pleasure to be derived from catching fish with them — they are all — the meanest things that are — ' As free to live, and to enjoy that life, ' As God was free to form them at the first, ' Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.' Perch will sometimes grow to a large size. One...
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