Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... fame reports her Most merciful and mild . - Great Lord of all , The ancient Egyptians used to wash their bodies four times every twenty - four hours . By whose good spirit bounteous thoughts are given And deeds 2 MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES ,
... fame reports her Most merciful and mild . - Great Lord of all , The ancient Egyptians used to wash their bodies four times every twenty - four hours . By whose good spirit bounteous thoughts are given And deeds 2 MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES ,
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... Fame reports , When her shrill trump proclaims the proud success Which desolates the nations . But , on earth , These are not always prosperous - mark the cause : Eternal Justice keeps them for the bliss Of final recompense , for the ...
... Fame reports , When her shrill trump proclaims the proud success Which desolates the nations . But , on earth , These are not always prosperous - mark the cause : Eternal Justice keeps them for the bliss Of final recompense , for the ...
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... fame ? Where princely Jona- Not so the gallant youth Philistia fear'd At Bozez and at Seneh ; when the earth Shook from her deep foundations , to behold The wondrous carnage of his single hand On the uncircumcised . When he exclaim'd ...
... fame ? Where princely Jona- Not so the gallant youth Philistia fear'd At Bozez and at Seneh ; when the earth Shook from her deep foundations , to behold The wondrous carnage of his single hand On the uncircumcised . When he exclaim'd ...
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... fame , And make the crown sit loosely on my brow . Ill could my wounded spirit brook the voice Of harsh comparison ' twixt sire and son . Saul , Abner . ABNER . What meditation holds thee thus engaged , O king ! and keeps thine active ...
... fame , And make the crown sit loosely on my brow . Ill could my wounded spirit brook the voice Of harsh comparison ' twixt sire and son . Saul , Abner . ABNER . What meditation holds thee thus engaged , O king ! and keeps thine active ...
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... fame in arms .. Renown , with her shrill clarion , never bore Thy honour'd name to many a land remote ; From the fair regions where Euphrates laves Assyria's borders to the distant Nile . DAVID . True , mighty king ! I am indeed alike ...
... fame in arms .. Renown , with her shrill clarion , never bore Thy honour'd name to many a land remote ; From the fair regions where Euphrates laves Assyria's borders to the distant Nile . DAVID . True , mighty king ! I am indeed alike ...
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