English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore |
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Page 223
... Nature's State they blindly trod ; The State of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love and social at her birth began , Union the bond of all things , and of man . 150 Pride then was not ; nor arts , that pride to aid ; Man walk'd ...
... Nature's State they blindly trod ; The State of Nature was the reign of God : Self - love and social at her birth began , Union the bond of all things , and of man . 150 Pride then was not ; nor arts , that pride to aid ; Man walk'd ...
Page 373
... nature confined to mere descriptive effects . More significant in the evolution of taste is Thomson's philosophy of nature . Though never openly anti - Christian , he had now become a convert to the teachings of the Deists . His ...
... nature confined to mere descriptive effects . More significant in the evolution of taste is Thomson's philosophy of nature . Though never openly anti - Christian , he had now become a convert to the teachings of the Deists . His ...
Page 556
... nature know . Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new , unutterable name ? Tell me , I still beseech thee , tell , To know it now resolv'd I am ; Wrestling I will not let thee go , Till I thy name , thy nature know . ' Tis all in vain to ...
... nature know . Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new , unutterable name ? Tell me , I still beseech thee , tell , To know it now resolv'd I am ; Wrestling I will not let thee go , Till I thy name , thy nature know . ' Tis all in vain to ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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