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... hands ; " Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall untimely by fome hoftile hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . Lord FALKLAND'S : } DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promiffa parenti , Cautius ut fævo velles te ...
... hands ; " Nor let him then enjoy fupreme command , But fall untimely by fome hoftile hand , And lie unbury'd on the barren sand . Lord FALKLAND'S : } DRYDEN . Non hæc , O Palla , dederas promiffa parenti , Cautius ut fævo velles te ...
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... hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of fociety prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , re- gain his liberty ...
... hands he was might free him from confinement , he did what no law of fociety prohibits . The man whose miscarriage in a just cause has put him in the power of his enemy may , without any violation of his integrity , re- gain his liberty ...
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... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . COWLEY . The World and a Clock . Mahol , th ' inferior world's fantastic face , Thro ' all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - fet ...
... hand afraid . Cordials of pity give me now , For I too weak of purgings grow . COWLEY . The World and a Clock . Mahol , th ' inferior world's fantastic face , Thro ' all the turns of matter's maze did trace ; Great Nature's well - fet ...
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... thee , That thou fhould't come to live it o'er again . in me ?. A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self fame room , " Twill " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like COWL E Y. 47.
... thee , That thou fhould't come to live it o'er again . in me ?. A Lover's heart , a hand grenado . Wo to her ftubborn heart , if once mine come Into the self fame room , " Twill " Twill tear and blow up all within , Like COWL E Y. 47.
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... hand ; And I must needs , I'm fure , a lofer be , To change thee , as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As hands of ...
... hand ; And I must needs , I'm fure , a lofer be , To change thee , as thou'rt there , for very thee . That prayer and labour should co - operate , are thus taught by Donne : In none but us are fuch mixt engines found , As hands of ...
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