Poems, Том 2J. Johnson, 1788 |
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... Takes deeper root , confirm'd by what they fee . A relaxation of religion's hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart Soon follows , and the curb of conscience snapt , The The laity run wild . - But do they now 74 Book ii . THE TASK .
... Takes deeper root , confirm'd by what they fee . A relaxation of religion's hold Upon the roving and untutor'd heart Soon follows , and the curb of conscience snapt , The The laity run wild . - But do they now 74 Book ii . THE TASK .
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William Cowper. The feeds of murder in the breast of man . Soon , by a righteous judgment , in the line Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver who firft fweated at the forge , And forc'd ...
William Cowper. The feeds of murder in the breast of man . Soon , by a righteous judgment , in the line Of his descending progeny was found The first artificer of death ; the fhrewd Contriver who firft fweated at the forge , And forc'd ...
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... to inftruct a fchool - boy in the religion of the heathen , but merely that neglect of Chriftian culture which leaves him fhamefully ignorant of his own . Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 303.
... to inftruct a fchool - boy in the religion of the heathen , but merely that neglect of Chriftian culture which leaves him fhamefully ignorant of his own . Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose REVIEW OF SCHOOLS . 303.
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William Cowper. Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose their credit , and are all effac'd . Would you your fon fhould be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong , or all thefe at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's ...
William Cowper. Our early notices of truth , difgrac'd , Soon lose their credit , and are all effac'd . Would you your fon fhould be a fot or dunce , Lafcivious , headftrong , or all thefe at once ; That , in good time , the stripling's ...
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... Soon fee your wish fulfill'd in either child , The pert made perter , and the tame made wild . The great indeed , by titles , riches , birth , Excus'd th ' incumbrance of more folid worth , Are beft difpos'd of , where with most fuccefs ...
... Soon fee your wish fulfill'd in either child , The pert made perter , and the tame made wild . The great indeed , by titles , riches , birth , Excus'd th ' incumbrance of more folid worth , Are beft difpos'd of , where with most fuccefs ...
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