Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 30
... flame would join , But the vast distance mocks the fond design . If he , Almighty ! whose decree is fate , Could , to display his pow'r , subvert his state ; Bid from his plastic hand , a greater rise , Produce a master , and resign his ...
... flame would join , But the vast distance mocks the fond design . If he , Almighty ! whose decree is fate , Could , to display his pow'r , subvert his state ; Bid from his plastic hand , a greater rise , Produce a master , and resign his ...
Page 126
... flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But ent'ring learns to be sincere . Marcus , with blushes , owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly reproves . Why , Virtue , dost thou blame desire , Which nature hath impress'd ? Why , Nature ...
... flame . Love , soft intruder , enters here , But ent'ring learns to be sincere . Marcus , with blushes , owns he loves , And Brutus tenderly reproves . Why , Virtue , dost thou blame desire , Which nature hath impress'd ? Why , Nature ...
Page 298
... flame ; And oft , the pangs of absence to remove , By letters , soft interpreters of love ; Till time and industry , the mighty two That bring our wishes nearer to our view , Made him perceive that the inclining fair Receiv'd his vows ...
... flame ; And oft , the pangs of absence to remove , By letters , soft interpreters of love ; Till time and industry , the mighty two That bring our wishes nearer to our view , Made him perceive that the inclining fair Receiv'd his vows ...
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