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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements : to ... - Page 221
by James Thomson - 1774
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Edward and Eleonora; Tancred and Sigismunda; Coralianus

James Thomson - 1757 - 300 pages
...great province. . Not in lonely cells Obfcure fhe lurks, . but holds her heavenly light : To {creates and to kings, to guide their .councils,. And teach...from hell To plague unhappy man, and ruin nations. . i To flop the wafte of that deftroying fury Is the great caufe and purpofe of this war. Art thou...
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The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...

James Thomson - 1766 - 310 pages
...all focial life Is her great province. Not in lonely cellsObfcure fhe lurks, but holds her heavenly light To fenates and to kings, to guide their councils,. And teach them to reform and blefs mankindAll policy but her's is falfe, and rotten ; All valour not condufted by her precepts Is a deftroying...
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Coriolanus: A Tragedy

James Thomson - 1767 - 68 pages
...all focial life Is her great province. Not in lonely cells Obfcure flie lurks, but holds her heavenly light To fenates and to kings, to guide their councils....mankind. All policy but her's is falfe, and rotten ; All valor, not conducted by her precepts, Is a deftroying fury fent from hell To plague unhappy man, and...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 3

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 332 pages
...province. Not in lonely cells . ,., „ Obscure she lurks, but holds her heavenly light To senates and to kings to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but hers is false and rotten ; All valour not conducted by her precepts T...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 3

James Thomson - 1802 - 348 pages
...her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks, but holds her heavenly light To senates and to kings to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but hers is false and rotten; All valour not conducted by her precepts Is...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks, but holds her heav'nly light To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but her's is false, and rotten; All valour, not conducted by her precepts,...
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The Pamphleteer, Volume 21

Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 586 pages
...AMELIORATING THE CONDITION THE LOWER CLASSES OF SOCIETY. " PHILOSOPHY holds her heavenly light To Senates and to Kings, to guide their Councils, And teach them to reform and bless MANKIND." LONDON : . • 1823. VOL. XXI. Pam. NO. XLII. 2C SKETCH OF A PLAN, JTo the enlightened...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks, but holds her heav'nly light, To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. Tliomson's Coriolanus. Reason ! the hoary dotard's dull directress, That loses all because...
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Materials for thinking, extracted from the works of ancient and modern ...

1837 - 352 pages
...her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks : but holds her heavenly light To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind. All policy but her's is false and rotten ; All valour not conducted by her precepts...
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Gems of genius; or, Words of the wise: a collection of the most pointed ...

Andrew Steinmetz - 1838 - 360 pages
...her great province. Not in lonely cells Obscure she lurks, but holds her heavenly light, To senates and to kings, to guide their councils, And teach them to reform and bless mankind: All policy but her's is false, and rotten; All valour, not conducted by her precepts,...
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