Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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... Sacred and Moral . Sect . Page . Sect . Thomson . 138 The Sluggard 39 The Rose 1 An Address to the Deity 2 Adam and Eve , in a Morning Hymn , call upon all the Parts of the Crea- tion to join with them in extolling their common Maker 3 ...
... Sacred and Moral . Sect . Page . Sect . Thomson . 138 The Sluggard 39 The Rose 1 An Address to the Deity 2 Adam and Eve , in a Morning Hymn , call upon all the Parts of the Crea- tion to join with them in extolling their common Maker 3 ...
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... 386 Ibid . 387 Ibid . 387 159 The Story of Margaret . - Conclusion 160 The Deities of Ancient Greece 161 Sunset in the Mountains 162 The Evening Excursion ELEGANT EXTRACTS . POETICAL . BOOK THE FIRST . SACRED CONTENTS .
... 386 Ibid . 387 Ibid . 387 159 The Story of Margaret . - Conclusion 160 The Deities of Ancient Greece 161 Sunset in the Mountains 162 The Evening Excursion ELEGANT EXTRACTS . POETICAL . BOOK THE FIRST . SACRED CONTENTS .
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... SACRED AND MORAL . 1. An Address to the Deity . THOMSON . ATHER of light and life ! Thou GOOD FATHE SUPREME ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me thyself ! Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , From every low pursuit ! and feed my ...
... SACRED AND MORAL . 1. An Address to the Deity . THOMSON . ATHER of light and life ! Thou GOOD FATHE SUPREME ! O teach me what is good ! Teach me thyself ! Save me from folly , vanity , and vice , From every low pursuit ! and feed my ...
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... horse , unconscious of the rein , That revels boundless o'er the wide champaign , Thou smit'st the hills , and at th ' Almighty B 2 BOOK I. ] SACRED AND MORAL . Psalm Psalm A Hymn to the Supreme Being Imitation of the 104th Psalm.
... horse , unconscious of the rein , That revels boundless o'er the wide champaign , Thou smit'st the hills , and at th ' Almighty B 2 BOOK I. ] SACRED AND MORAL . Psalm Psalm A Hymn to the Supreme Being Imitation of the 104th Psalm.
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... blast the buds of folly as they rise ! How should her hand with industry restrain The thriving growth of passion's fruitful train , Aspiring weeds , whose lofty arms would tow'r With fatal BOOK I. ] 7 . SACRED AND MORAL .
... blast the buds of folly as they rise ! How should her hand with industry restrain The thriving growth of passion's fruitful train , Aspiring weeds , whose lofty arms would tow'r With fatal BOOK I. ] 7 . SACRED AND MORAL .
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