 | Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 600 pages
...he expostulates with his Creator ibr having given him an unasked existence : ' Did I request thcc, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ?^ Did I solicit...delicious garden? As my will Concurr'd not to my being, 'twere but right And equal to reduce me to my dust, Desirous to resign, and render back All I receiv'd... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...heart, he expostulates with his Creator for having given him an unasked existence. Did I request tliee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man, did I solicit...delicious garden ? As my will Concurr'd not to my being, 'twere but right And equal to reduce me to my dust, Desirous to resign and render back All I receiv'd.... | |
 | John Jortin - 1805 - 438 pages
...forth into being on such dangerous terms. That God is good seems to be a sufficient answer. At h ' Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? did I solicit theç From darkness to promote me ? — &c. Him after all disputes Forc'd I absolve,' prosent, objections... | |
 | 1806 - 330 pages
...me redound, On me, as on their natural centre, light Heavy, though in their place. O fleeting joys Of paradise, dear bought with lasting woes! Did I...As my will Concurr'd not to my being, it were 'but right And equal to reduce me to my dust, Desirous to resign and render back All I receiv'd, unable... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...me redound, On me as on their natural centre light 740 Heavy, though in their place. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes! Did I...delicious garden ? As my will Concurr'd not to my bc'ing, it were but right And equal to reduce me to ray dust, Desirous to resign and render hack All... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 398 pages
...having given him an unasked existence: ' Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did 1 solicit thee From darkness to promote me ? or here place In this delicious garden ? As my will . Goncurr'd not to my being, 'twere but right And equal to reduce me to my dust, Desirous to resign,... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 414 pages
...Maker, from my clay To mould me Man ? did I folicit thee From darknefs to promote me, or here place 745 In this delicious garden? As my will Concurr'd not to my being, it were but right And equal to reduce me to my duft; Defirous to refign and render back All I receiv'd; unable... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...me rebound ; On me, as on their natural center, light Heavy, though in their place. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes ! Did I...As my will Concurr'd not to my being, it were but right And equal to reduce me to my dust; Desirous to resign and render back All I rccciv'd ; unable... | |
 | Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...on me redound, On me as on their natural centre, light Heavy, though in their place. O fleeting joys Of paradise, dear bought with lasting woes! Did I...As my will Concurr'd not to my being, it were but right And equal to reduce me to my dust, Desirous to resign and render back All I receiv'd, unable... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...me rebound ; On me, as on their natural centre, light Heavy, though in their place. O fleeting joys Of Paradise, dear bought with lasting woes ! Did I...or here place In this delicious garden ? As my will Concnrr'd not to my being, it were but right ' And equal to reduce me to my dust ; Desirous to resign... | |
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