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Page 91
... pride , that busy sin , Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd pride , that creeps securely in , And swells a haughty worm . Thy glories I abate , Or praise thee with design ; Some of thy favours I forget , Or think the merit mine . The ...
... pride , that busy sin , Spoils all that I perform , Curs'd pride , that creeps securely in , And swells a haughty worm . Thy glories I abate , Or praise thee with design ; Some of thy favours I forget , Or think the merit mine . The ...
Page 211
... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for nat'ral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . 160 165 Better for us , perhaps , it might appear ...
... pride , from pride , our very reas'ning springs ; Account for moral , as for nat'ral things : Why charge we Heav'n in those , in these acquit ? In both , to reason right is to submit . 160 165 Better for us , perhaps , it might appear ...
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... Pride , Pride , like leaven in a mass of flour , Tainted her laws , and made e'en virtue sour . Had she , content within her proper sphere , Taught lessons suited to the human ear , Which might fair virtue's genuine fruits produce ...
... Pride , Pride , like leaven in a mass of flour , Tainted her laws , and made e'en virtue sour . Had she , content within her proper sphere , Taught lessons suited to the human ear , Which might fair virtue's genuine fruits produce ...
Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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