The fatalists; or, Records of 1814 and 1815, Volumes 1-3 |
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Page 149 - Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.
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Page 38 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
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Page 126 - Let Wit her sails, her oars let "Wisdom lend ; The helm let politic Experience guide : Yet cease to hope thy short-liv'd bark shall ride Down spreading Fate's unnavigable tide. What...
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