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 83
... virtue felt ? Why whispers nature lies on virtue's part ? Or if blind instinct ( which assumes the name Of sacred conscience ) plays the fool in man , Why reason made accomplice in the cheat ? Why are the wisest , loudest in her praise ...
... virtue felt ? Why whispers nature lies on virtue's part ? Or if blind instinct ( which assumes the name Of sacred conscience ) plays the fool in man , Why reason made accomplice in the cheat ? Why are the wisest , loudest in her praise ...
Page 105
... virtue blest , Must raise compassion in your breast . Virtue rejoin'd the sneering bird , Where did you learn that Gothic word ? Since I was hatch'd , I never heard That virtue was at all rever'd . But say it was the ancients ' claim ...
... virtue blest , Must raise compassion in your breast . Virtue rejoin'd the sneering bird , Where did you learn that Gothic word ? Since I was hatch'd , I never heard That virtue was at all rever'd . But say it was the ancients ' claim ...
Page 107
... Virtue , through this labyrinth we tread . Virtue and Sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and Sense are one : and , trust me , he Who has not virtue , is not truly wise . Virtue ( for mere good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit ...
... Virtue , through this labyrinth we tread . Virtue and Sense I mean not to disjoin ; Virtue and Sense are one : and , trust me , he Who has not virtue , is not truly wise . Virtue ( for mere good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit ...
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