A Collection of Poems ...Robert Dodsley J. Hughs, 1758 |
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Сторінка 129
... public or in private life , They are the means of virtue , and beft ferve The nobleft purposes ; but in the use , Not in the bare poffeffion , lies the merit . Shew me thy merit then , thy bounteous acts , Public munificence , or ...
... public or in private life , They are the means of virtue , and beft ferve The nobleft purposes ; but in the use , Not in the bare poffeffion , lies the merit . Shew me thy merit then , thy bounteous acts , Public munificence , or ...
Сторінка 143
... public zeal , Those factious demagogues , the foes of kings . EDWARD . Are virtue then , and love of publick good , The foes of monarchy ? and are deceit , Injustice , and oppreffion , qualities Becoming , and expedient in a king ? Then ...
... public zeal , Those factious demagogues , the foes of kings . EDWARD . Are virtue then , and love of publick good , The foes of monarchy ? and are deceit , Injustice , and oppreffion , qualities Becoming , and expedient in a king ? Then ...
Сторінка 149
... the sweet harmonious spheres , Their undifcording lyres and voice divine . Nor thus remov'd to heav'n , and thus employ'd In ceaseless raptures , wont they to forget K 3 Their Their native country , and the public weal , To [ 149 ]
... the sweet harmonious spheres , Their undifcording lyres and voice divine . Nor thus remov'd to heav'n , and thus employ'd In ceaseless raptures , wont they to forget K 3 Their Their native country , and the public weal , To [ 149 ]
Сторінка 150
Robert Dodsley. Their native country , and the public weal , To which on earth their labours and their lives They once devoted ; but pursuing still The bent and habit of their fouls , with me They watch the British empire , ftill intent ...
Robert Dodsley. Their native country , and the public weal , To which on earth their labours and their lives They once devoted ; but pursuing still The bent and habit of their fouls , with me They watch the British empire , ftill intent ...
Сторінка 160
... public zeal , Divine affeffor of the regal throne , Divine protectress of the common weal , O in our hearts thy energy infuse ! Be thou our Muse , Celestial maid , And , as of old , impart thy heav'nly aid To thofe , who warm'd by thy ...
... public zeal , Divine affeffor of the regal throne , Divine protectress of the common weal , O in our hearts thy energy infuse ! Be thou our Muse , Celestial maid , And , as of old , impart thy heav'nly aid To thofe , who warm'd by thy ...
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