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" THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as... "
An Essay on Elocution: Designed for the Use of Schools and Private Learners - Page 264
by Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 357 pages
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Ajax His Speech to the Grecian Knabbs, from Ovid's Metam. Lib.XIII ...

Ovid - 1755 - 306 pages
...and to Law well known ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Litigation mark'd him as her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere,...Heaven did a recompense as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry (all he had,) a tear ; He gain'd from Heav'n, ('twas all he wished), a friend. No further seek...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, C5] Before the Epitaph, Mr. Gray originally inserted a very beautiful stanza, which was printed...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...largely send: " He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear, " He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) " a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, " Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) " The bosom of his Father and his GOD." TO THE RIGHT...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...largely send: He gave to Mis'ry all he had , a tear , He gain' d from Heav'n {'twas all he wis&'d) a friend. • — No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, ( There they alike in trembling hope repose ) The bosom of his Father and kis God. GRAY. CHAP....
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a- tear, He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. B 4 Evening...
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Poems on Various Subjects: Selected to Enforce the Practice of Virtue, and ...

E. Tomkins - 1804 - 416 pages
...as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from Heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd, a Friend . No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread ahode, (There they alike in tremhling hope repose) The hosom of his Father and his God. . rr N ! ;...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...as largely send ; He gave to Mis'ry, all he had, a tear, Hegain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his- Father and his God. HYMN to ADVERSITY....
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Poëmes ou morceaux détachés de differens auteurs anglais, traduits en vers ...

Albin-Joseph-Ulpien Hennet - 1806 - 456 pages
...largely send : He gave to mis'ry all he had, a tear ; i * ' i He gaiu'd from heav'n, 'twas all he wish'd, a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, There they alike in trembling hope repose, The bosom of his father and his God. , » Le lendemain...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...as largely send : He gave to Mis'ry all he had, a tear, He gain'd from Heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose,) The bosom of his Father and his God. END OF THE...
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Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to ..., Volume 6

James Beattie - 1809 - 406 pages
...death, 'twas all he wish'd, a friend. Yet one reads them with a smile, when one recollects the original: Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven...largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from heaven, 'twas all he wished, a friend". But in most cases the ridicule of parodies will...
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