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Page 64
... sport , and does but droll , Affuming thus a rank unknown before , L Grand caterer and dry - nurfe of the church . I venerate the man , whose heart is warm , Whose hands are pure , whose doctrine and whose life Coincident , exhibit ...
... sport , and does but droll , Affuming thus a rank unknown before , L Grand caterer and dry - nurfe of the church . I venerate the man , whose heart is warm , Whose hands are pure , whose doctrine and whose life Coincident , exhibit ...
Page 98
... sport their season and be seen no more . The rest are sober dreamers , grave and wife , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars and feats Of heroes little known , and call the rant An history ...
... sport their season and be seen no more . The rest are sober dreamers , grave and wife , And pregnant with discov'ries new and rare . Some write a narrative of wars and feats Of heroes little known , and call the rant An history ...
Page 249
... , the law of universal love , He ruled with meekness , they obeyed with joy . No cruel purpose lurk'd within his heart , And no diftruft of his intent in theirs . So So Eden was a scene of harmless sport , Where [ 249 ]
... , the law of universal love , He ruled with meekness , they obeyed with joy . No cruel purpose lurk'd within his heart , And no diftruft of his intent in theirs . So So Eden was a scene of harmless sport , Where [ 249 ]
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