 A worm ! a god ! I tremble at myself, And in myself am lost. At home a stranger, Thought wanders up and down, surprised, aghast. And wondering at her own. How reason reels . O, what a miracle to man is man ! Triumphantly distressed!  The Age of Pope - Page 82by John Dennis - 1896 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
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...now committed to corruption and worms ! it reminds me of Dr. Young's beautiful lines : " An angtHs arm can't snatch me from the grave, Legions of angels can't confine me there !" Tuesday, July 3. — I called on Ann Shrigley, who, when I last saw her, was crying for mercy m... | |
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...own: how reason reels! O what a miracle to man is man! Triumphantly distressed, what joy, what dread! Alternately transported and alarmed! What can preserve...the grave; Legions of angels can't confine me there. LESSON FORTY-SEVENTH. Charles XII. and his Secretary. One day, as the king was dictating some letters... | |
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...loved man, is now committed to corruption and worms ! it reminds me of Dr. Young's beautiful lines : " An angel's arm can't snatch me from the grave, Legions of angels can't confine me there !" Tuesday, July 3. — I called on Ann Shrigley, who, when I last saw her, was crying for mercy in... | |
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...man is man, Triumphantly distress'd 1 what joy, what dread ! Alternately transported, and alarm'd ! What can preserve my life ? or what destroy ? An angel's arm can't snatch roe from the grave ; Legions of angels can't confine me there. " 'Tis past conjecture ; all things... | |
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