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... writers ; and upon , this ground I fhall venture to fay that Ciren- cefter was built by the Romans . The precife time of its founda tion I do not pretend to afcertain , but I apprehend it might be very foon after they had established ...
... writers ; and upon , this ground I fhall venture to fay that Ciren- cefter was built by the Romans . The precife time of its founda tion I do not pretend to afcertain , but I apprehend it might be very foon after they had established ...
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... writers have fpiritualized a pipe of tobacco . The author of the following Epitaph feems to to have fpiritualized a lady's dress . " Here " Here is the wardrobe of my dufty clothes , A new Hiftory of Gloucestershire . 7.
... writers have fpiritualized a pipe of tobacco . The author of the following Epitaph feems to to have fpiritualized a lady's dress . " Here " Here is the wardrobe of my dufty clothes , A new Hiftory of Gloucestershire . 7.
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... writers ; and others of inferior note , whose talents were unequal to the task , have ventured to enter the lifts , but fuch as may naturally be concluded , met with an inglorious fall . When the controverfy first took place , its ...
... writers ; and others of inferior note , whose talents were unequal to the task , have ventured to enter the lifts , but fuch as may naturally be concluded , met with an inglorious fall . When the controverfy first took place , its ...
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... writers , who fcorning an accommodation with , religion , had nobly rejected , in the greatness of their fouls , both its duties and its fanctions ; and having re- prefented virtue as the mere creature of cuftom and polity , had given ...
... writers , who fcorning an accommodation with , religion , had nobly rejected , in the greatness of their fouls , both its duties and its fanctions ; and having re- prefented virtue as the mere creature of cuftom and polity , had given ...
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... writer , " that pride was not made for man " yet , forgetting this wholfome admonition , he be- trays in his performance , that he is poffeffed of no inconfi- derable share of that quality which he condemns fo farcafti- cally . Perhaps ...
... writer , " that pride was not made for man " yet , forgetting this wholfome admonition , he be- trays in his performance , that he is poffeffed of no inconfi- derable share of that quality which he condemns fo farcafti- cally . Perhaps ...
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Page 344 - The Lord looketh from heaven ; he beholdeth all the sons of men. From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
Page 140 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is bless'd in what it takes and what it gives ; The joy unequall'd if its end it gain, And, if it lose, attended with no pain ; Without satiety...
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Page 269 - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste...
Page 87 - Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 140 - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
Page 176 - And Abraham arose and met him, and said unto him, Turn in, I pray thee, and wash thy feet, and tarry all night, and thou shalt arise early on the morrow, and go on thy way.
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Page 177 - And Abraham answered and said, Lord, he would not worship thee, neither would he call upon thy name ; therefore have I driven him out from before my face into the wilderness.
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