The Village Millionaire, Volume 1Hurst and Bleckett, 1854 |
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Page 12 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
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