Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... fear'd than they . When worn with sickness , oft hast thou With health renew'd my face , And when in sins and sorrows sunk , Reviv'd my soul with grace . Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and ...
... fear'd than they . When worn with sickness , oft hast thou With health renew'd my face , And when in sins and sorrows sunk , Reviv'd my soul with grace . Thy bounteous hand with worldly bliss Has made my cup run o'er , And in a kind and ...
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... fear , I see my Maker face to face , O ! how shall I appear ? If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be ... fears , and deaths , Thy goodness I'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past , And humbly hope for more . My ...
... fear , I see my Maker face to face , O ! how shall I appear ? If yet , while pardon may be found , And mercy may be ... fears , and deaths , Thy goodness I'll adore ; And praise thee for thy mercies past , And humbly hope for more . My ...
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... fear , To shelt'ring caverns fly , And justly dread the vengeful fate That thunders through the sky . Protected by that hand , whose law The threat'ning storms obey , Intrepid virtue smiles secure , As in the blaze of day . In the thick ...
... fear , To shelt'ring caverns fly , And justly dread the vengeful fate That thunders through the sky . Protected by that hand , whose law The threat'ning storms obey , Intrepid virtue smiles secure , As in the blaze of day . In the thick ...
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... fears in dire vicissitude invade , The rustling break alarms , and quiv'ring shade ; Nor light nor darkness brings his ... fear or care , Th ' insidious rival and the gaping heir . Once more , Democritus , arise on earth , With cheerful ...
... fears in dire vicissitude invade , The rustling break alarms , and quiv'ring shade ; Nor light nor darkness brings his ... fear or care , Th ' insidious rival and the gaping heir . Once more , Democritus , arise on earth , With cheerful ...
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... Fear their ob- jects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries invoke the mercies of ...
... Fear their ob- jects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man , in ignorance sedate , Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm , no wishes rise , No cries invoke the mercies of ...
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