Poems on Several Subjects, Band 2G. Pearch, 1769 - 162 Seiten |
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... ventured to afcribe any determinate character to objects , of whose nature their own ideas are no tsuffici- ently explicit , they felect examples , in which , among a very diverfified feries , a few circumstances may oc- a 3 a PREFACE .
... ventured to afcribe any determinate character to objects , of whose nature their own ideas are no tsuffici- ently explicit , they felect examples , in which , among a very diverfified feries , a few circumstances may oc- a 3 a PREFACE .
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John Ogilvie. lence . The latter of thefe has many refources , by whose aid it may be skreened from obfervation ; whereas the former commonly expofeth itself . If , however , there is any certain method by which malignity may be detected ...
John Ogilvie. lence . The latter of thefe has many refources , by whose aid it may be skreened from obfervation ; whereas the former commonly expofeth itself . If , however , there is any certain method by which malignity may be detected ...
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... Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys . cipitance , overshoot the mark , at which a steady. Is it neceffary to acquaint almoft any Reader , that the word - thefe- refers to the stream ...
... Whose buz the witty and the fair annoys , Yet wit ne'er taftes , and beauty ne'er enjoys . cipitance , overshoot the mark , at which a steady. Is it neceffary to acquaint almoft any Reader , that the word - thefe- refers to the stream ...
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... whose names have reached posterity , made their appearance on the theatre of life . These writers undertook the difficult task of re- forming their Countrymen , and of laying down a theo- logical and philofophical fyftem . - We are ...
... whose names have reached posterity , made their appearance on the theatre of life . These writers undertook the difficult task of re- forming their Countrymen , and of laying down a theo- logical and philofophical fyftem . - We are ...
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... whose attention could only be arrested by the objects of fenfe . See Burn . Archæol . Philofoph . p . 120 , 121 . Thele opinions , however appa rently contradictory to each other , may yet , I think , with no great difficulty be ...
... whose attention could only be arrested by the objects of fenfe . See Burn . Archæol . Philofoph . p . 120 , 121 . Thele opinions , however appa rently contradictory to each other , may yet , I think , with no great difficulty be ...
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Seite xlvii - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Seite 46 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite ciii - True f wit i' nature to advantage drefs'd, What oft was thought, but ne'er fo well exprefs'd ; Something, whofe truth convinc'd at fight, we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Seite 113 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Seite 110 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Seite 112 - To him, ye graceful cedars, bow; Ye towering mountains, bending low, Your great Creator own! Tell, when affrighted nature shook, How Sinai kindled at his look, And trembled at his frown. Ye flocks that haunt the humble vale, Ye insects fluttering on the gale.
Seite 110 - Ye fields of light, celestial plains, Where gay transporting beauty reigns, Ye scenes divinely fair ; Your Maker's wondrous power proclaim, Tell how he form'd your shining frame, And breath'd the fluid air. Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound ; While all th...
Seite xlii - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Seite cxiv - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.
Seite ix - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. In poets as true genius...