The Hymns of Callimachustranslator, and sold, 1755 - 212 pages |
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... excellent , for Pow'r and Wealth To gain the Stamp of Worth and honest Fame , Midft all Mankind ? This , this th ' Atridæ have : When all the Plunder of old Priam's House And all their mighty Wealth is loft in Night , And buried in ...
... excellent , for Pow'r and Wealth To gain the Stamp of Worth and honest Fame , Midft all Mankind ? This , this th ' Atridæ have : When all the Plunder of old Priam's House And all their mighty Wealth is loft in Night , And buried in ...
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... excellent a master as Mr. Prior , in blank verfe , confcious how much I muft lofe by fuch a com- petition -The rest are in blank ; which , doubtlefs , is the moft proper for fuch compofitions . I have spared no pains to make the work as ...
... excellent a master as Mr. Prior , in blank verfe , confcious how much I muft lofe by fuch a com- petition -The rest are in blank ; which , doubtlefs , is the moft proper for fuch compofitions . I have spared no pains to make the work as ...
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... excellent re- marks , and from whofe found judgment , enlarged understanding , un- wearied application , and generous openness of heart , the world has great and valuable fruits to expect : Dr. R. SCHOMBERG too has , with abundant ...
... excellent re- marks , and from whofe found judgment , enlarged understanding , un- wearied application , and generous openness of heart , the world has great and valuable fruits to expect : Dr. R. SCHOMBERG too has , with abundant ...
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... excellent was the method of your education : Swift you grew up to manhood , and the foft down rose early on your chin ; though during the short seafon you continued a child , your foul was in its full perfection , and your thoughts ...
... excellent was the method of your education : Swift you grew up to manhood , and the foft down rose early on your chin ; though during the short seafon you continued a child , your foul was in its full perfection , and your thoughts ...
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... excellent of al others . Agreeably to our author Horace fpeaks thus in the beginning of one of his beft odes- - Qualem miniftrum fulminis alitem Cui rex Deorum regnum in aves vagas Permifit- As the majestic bird of tow'ring kind , Who ...
... excellent of al others . Agreeably to our author Horace fpeaks thus in the beginning of one of his beft odes- - Qualem miniftrum fulminis alitem Cui rex Deorum regnum in aves vagas Permifit- As the majestic bird of tow'ring kind , Who ...
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Page 18 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 75 - Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him : knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more ; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
Page 183 - Tho' mark'd by none but quick poetic eyes; (So Rome's great founder to the heav'ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess'd in view) A sudden star, it shot thro' liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair.
Page 35 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 70 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store ; that our sheep may bring forth thousands, and ten thousands in our streets ; 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour ; that there be no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Page 7 - And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock?
Page 150 - Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him : and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
Page 121 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father ; and their faces were backward, and they saw not...
Page 20 - from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor " riches, feed me with food convenient for me : left I be " full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left " I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in " vain," On the fame thing is founded the advice of Solomon, with regard to the fin of fenfuality : Proverbs xxiii.
Page 14 - And I looked, and there was none to help; And I wondered that there was none to uphold : Therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; And my fury, it upheld me.