Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... hand that made us is Divine . " 6. Psalm 3th . MERRICK . IMMORTAL King ! through Earth's wide frame How great thy honor , praise , and name ! Whose reign o'er distant worlds extends , Whose glory , heav'n's vast height transcends . From ...
... hand that made us is Divine . " 6. Psalm 3th . MERRICK . IMMORTAL King ! through Earth's wide frame How great thy honor , praise , and name ! Whose reign o'er distant worlds extends , Whose glory , heav'n's vast height transcends . From ...
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... hand ; E'en death's dim shadow seeks to hide , in vain , That lib'ral aspect , and that smile humane ; E'en Death's dim shadow wears a languid light , And his eye beams through everlasting night . Till the last sigh of Genius shall ...
... hand ; E'en death's dim shadow seeks to hide , in vain , That lib'ral aspect , and that smile humane ; E'en Death's dim shadow wears a languid light , And his eye beams through everlasting night . Till the last sigh of Genius shall ...
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... hand , and in his bosom warms ; Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd Father of the future age . No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel ...
... hand , and in his bosom warms ; Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage , The promis'd Father of the future age . No more shall nation against nation rise , Nor ardent warriors meet with hateful eyes , Nor fields with gleaming steel ...
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... hand , nearest himself in place And frightfulness of form , his parent Sin With fatal industry and cruel care Busies herself in pointing all his stings , And tipping every shaft with venom drawn From her infernal store : around him rang ...
... hand , nearest himself in place And frightfulness of form , his parent Sin With fatal industry and cruel care Busies herself in pointing all his stings , And tipping every shaft with venom drawn From her infernal store : around him rang ...
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... hand the sword of Justice , And be your own avengers ! Hold , rash Man , Though with anticipating speed thou'st rang'd Through every region of delight , nor left One joy to gild the evening of thy days ; Though life seem one ...
... hand the sword of Justice , And be your own avengers ! Hold , rash Man , Though with anticipating speed thou'st rang'd Through every region of delight , nor left One joy to gild the evening of thy days ; Though life seem one ...
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