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... moment when her bill shall set her imprisoned offspring free . The silk - worm is weaving its golden cones , and the bee moulding its beau- teous cell . All is bustle and industry . The insect , and the bird , and every animal , give a ...
... moment when her bill shall set her imprisoned offspring free . The silk - worm is weaving its golden cones , and the bee moulding its beau- teous cell . All is bustle and industry . The insect , and the bird , and every animal , give a ...
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... stream ; and the dark clouds , that for a moment veil his brightness , are edged with a golden fringe . Can thy pillow yield thee such a glo- rious vision ? Can the sweetest slumbers bless thee with THE PLEASURES , & c . 13.
... stream ; and the dark clouds , that for a moment veil his brightness , are edged with a golden fringe . Can thy pillow yield thee such a glo- rious vision ? Can the sweetest slumbers bless thee with THE PLEASURES , & c . 13.
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... . How vast the labour that dug out each cell , and filled each with a well - selected hoard . Oh ! turn aside , nor in an idle moment destroy the work of many busy hours . How small the labourer ! how vast the excavation he 14 THE ...
... . How vast the labour that dug out each cell , and filled each with a well - selected hoard . Oh ! turn aside , nor in an idle moment destroy the work of many busy hours . How small the labourer ! how vast the excavation he 14 THE ...
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... feeling , when the glowing bosom acknowledges its fellowship to all mankind , Pause a moment in the career of merriment . Arrest for an instant the song of jol- lity . • Pause , and ask , are there no other 38 THE PLEASURES.
... feeling , when the glowing bosom acknowledges its fellowship to all mankind , Pause a moment in the career of merriment . Arrest for an instant the song of jol- lity . • Pause , and ask , are there no other 38 THE PLEASURES.
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... moment of despondency , met with a fresh instance of his favoured fate . A blooming virgin , fair as the houris and sportive as the graces , was enraptured by his charms . Her wealthy parents , preferring her wishes to their own ...
... moment of despondency , met with a fresh instance of his favoured fate . A blooming virgin , fair as the houris and sportive as the graces , was enraptured by his charms . Her wealthy parents , preferring her wishes to their own ...
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