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... rock ; and that all their ' se propor . tions and beautiful ornaments were all worked in this manner , without piece or without seam : we can scarcely sufficiently admire the genius , or condemn the vast and misapplied labour of those ...
... rock ; and that all their ' se propor . tions and beautiful ornaments were all worked in this manner , without piece or without seam : we can scarcely sufficiently admire the genius , or condemn the vast and misapplied labour of those ...
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... rocks on the Indian shores or islands , and spend whole years of unwearied labour , and of assiduity in excavating vast and unmeaning caverns , by way of amusement or religious frolic ? It were , indeed , weak and more than foolish to ...
... rocks on the Indian shores or islands , and spend whole years of unwearied labour , and of assiduity in excavating vast and unmeaning caverns , by way of amusement or religious frolic ? It were , indeed , weak and more than foolish to ...
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... rocks , entirely overcome by grief , madness , and fatigue . Never did I behold so pitiable a sight . The unhappy woman , in heart - rending shrieks , still called upon the name of her lovely babe . Starting from the ground , she made ...
... rocks , entirely overcome by grief , madness , and fatigue . Never did I behold so pitiable a sight . The unhappy woman , in heart - rending shrieks , still called upon the name of her lovely babe . Starting from the ground , she made ...
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... rock to sleep : " And with him thousand phantoms join'd , " Who prompt to deeds accurs'd the mind : " And those , the fiends , who near allied , " O'er nature's wounds and wrecks preside : " While Vengeance , in the lurid air , " Lifts ...
... rock to sleep : " And with him thousand phantoms join'd , " Who prompt to deeds accurs'd the mind : " And those , the fiends , who near allied , " O'er nature's wounds and wrecks preside : " While Vengeance , in the lurid air , " Lifts ...
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... rocks and woody glens . When the moon chanced to gleam her wan light through the cheerless gloom , they could perceive the wide expanse of a lake , at a little distance to their left , whose troubled waters added a sullen murmuring ...
... rocks and woody glens . When the moon chanced to gleam her wan light through the cheerless gloom , they could perceive the wide expanse of a lake , at a little distance to their left , whose troubled waters added a sullen murmuring ...
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Page 15 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 159 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 128 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Page 160 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread ; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
Page 83 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
Page 53 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Page 212 - Confess'd from yonder slow-extinguish'd clouds, All ether softening, sober Evening takes Her wonted station in the middle air ; A thousand shadows at her beck.
Page 212 - In circle following circle, gathers round, To close the face of things. A fresher gale Begins to wave the wood, and stir the stream, Sweeping with shadowy gust the fields of corn ; While the quail clamours for his running mate. Wide o'er the thistly lawn, as swells the breeze, A whitening shower of vegetable down Amusive floats.
Page 215 - Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees, Just o'er the verge of day. The shifting clouds Assembled gay, a richly-gorgeous train, In all their pomp attend his setting throne. Air, earth, and ocean smile immense.
Page 65 - Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight. The tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.