Tracts in Prose and Verse, Volume 1W. Boynthon, 1825 |
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... common sighted people see but one . ELECTIONEERING SQUIBS , We here present some nuts to crack Concerning the Subscription Pack ; In which we hope John Bull will find Some joke or other , to his mind . The three Parsons in Squintum's ...
... common sighted people see but one . ELECTIONEERING SQUIBS , We here present some nuts to crack Concerning the Subscription Pack ; In which we hope John Bull will find Some joke or other , to his mind . The three Parsons in Squintum's ...
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... Waterloo Bridge , an admirable structure , which ( from its deviation out of the common style of bridges , by being completely flat , ) seems aptly to illustrate the good and happy effects of the above splendid Victory 17.
... Waterloo Bridge , an admirable structure , which ( from its deviation out of the common style of bridges , by being completely flat , ) seems aptly to illustrate the good and happy effects of the above splendid Victory 17.
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... common weal , And , as a planet on its axis turns , Thy patriot mind with indignation burns , If from himself man don't self - balanc'd move , Alike regardless of all hate or love . He who , like silk - worms , from his mind can draw ...
... common weal , And , as a planet on its axis turns , Thy patriot mind with indignation burns , If from himself man don't self - balanc'd move , Alike regardless of all hate or love . He who , like silk - worms , from his mind can draw ...
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... common sense , And thus subvert the ways of Providence , That homage which to God alone is due ; Or those subservient to a venal few , Who think all good consists in being true To Party , but whose worldly knowledge lies , In knowing ...
... common sense , And thus subvert the ways of Providence , That homage which to God alone is due ; Or those subservient to a venal few , Who think all good consists in being true To Party , but whose worldly knowledge lies , In knowing ...
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... common state , And to be good were only to be great ; For to our heroes and to Pitt we owe , The savage monster's final overthrow . Disinterested Statesman , virtuous Pitt , Whose glowing eloquence did so befit Th'arduous times you liv ...
... common state , And to be good were only to be great ; For to our heroes and to Pitt we owe , The savage monster's final overthrow . Disinterested Statesman , virtuous Pitt , Whose glowing eloquence did so befit Th'arduous times you liv ...
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Page 1 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or Garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 116 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Page 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 115 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 32 - And in soft sounds, YOUR GRACE salutes their ear. 'Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young Coquettes to roll, Teach Infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a Beau.
Page 56 - And if he were not the best king, if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy, no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and so much without any kind of vice.
Page 32 - Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young coquettes to roll, Teach infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a beau.
Page 53 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 56 - ... in that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects in general, was as much beloved, esteemed, and longed for by the people in general of the three nations, as any of his predecessors had ever been.
Page 12 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.