Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 3Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... laws , the throne they guard , Are scorn'd and trampled on - then , then , my father , ' Tis then Religion's voice ; then God himself Commands us to defend his injured name , And think the victory cheaply bought with life . ' Twere then ...
... laws , the throne they guard , Are scorn'd and trampled on - then , then , my father , ' Tis then Religion's voice ; then God himself Commands us to defend his injured name , And think the victory cheaply bought with life . ' Twere then ...
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... laws Were feebly planned , their councils ill advised ; Now so relax'd , and now so overstrain'd , That the tired people , wearied with the weight They long have borne , will soon disdain control , Tread on all rule , and spurn the hand ...
... laws Were feebly planned , their councils ill advised ; Now so relax'd , and now so overstrain'd , That the tired people , wearied with the weight They long have borne , will soon disdain control , Tread on all rule , and spurn the hand ...
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... law Of Mede and Persian , which can never change . Those who observe it live , as is most meet , High in thy grace ; -who violate it , die . PART IV . SCENE - Daniel's House . Daniel , Araspes . ARASPES . Он , holy Daniel ! prophet ...
... law Of Mede and Persian , which can never change . Those who observe it live , as is most meet , High in thy grace ; -who violate it , die . PART IV . SCENE - Daniel's House . Daniel , Araspes . ARASPES . Он , holy Daniel ! prophet ...
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... law Of Media , by that law irrevocable , Which he has dared to violate , he dies ! DARIUS . Impiety ! presumption ! monstrous law Irrevocable ! Is there aught on earth Deserves that name ? The eternal laws alone Of Orcmasdes are ...
... law Of Media , by that law irrevocable , Which he has dared to violate , he dies ! DARIUS . Impiety ! presumption ! monstrous law Irrevocable ! Is there aught on earth Deserves that name ? The eternal laws alone Of Orcmasdes are ...
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... laws of pedant schools , Which chain our genius down by tasteless rules : I long'd to burst these female bonds , which held My sex in awe , by vanity impell'd : To boast each various faculty of mind , Thy graces , Pope ! with Johnson's ...
... laws of pedant schools , Which chain our genius down by tasteless rules : I long'd to burst these female bonds , which held My sex in awe , by vanity impell'd : To boast each various faculty of mind , Thy graces , Pope ! with Johnson's ...
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