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" What barbarous invader sack'd the land ! But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege... "
The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham - Page 220
by Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham - 1857 - 329 pages
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Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy

Sir John Denham - English drama - 1709 - 354 pages
...beft Adions and the worft of theirs. What does he think our Sacrilege wou'd fpare, When fuch th'effeds of our Devotions are? Parting from thence 'twixt Anger, Shame and Fear, Thofe for what's paft, and this for what's too near: My Eye defcending from the Hill, furveys Where...
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Beispielsammlung zur Theorie und Literatur der Schönen Wissenschaften, Volume 3

Johann Joachim Eschenaburg - Literature - 1789 - 486 pages
...out beft A£tions and the worft of theirs; What does he think our Sacrilege wou'd fpare, When fuch th' effects of our Devotions are ? Parting from thence 'twixt Anger, Shame and Feart Thofe for what's paft, and this for what's too near, My Eye defcending from the Hill, furveys...
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Bell's Edition, Volumes 25-26

John Bell - English poetry - 1800 - 440 pages
...would demand What barbarous invader sack'd the land ? 150 But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king; When nothing...theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege would spare, 155 When such th' efft;Ss of our devotions are ? Parting from thence 'twixt anger, shame, and fear,...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 3

Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1807 - 512 pages
...demand, " What barbarous invader aack'd the land ? " But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk did bring " This desolation, but a Christian king; * When nothing,...sacrilege would spare, " When such th' effects of our devotion are ?" COOPER'S HILL, by Sir JOHN DENHAM. * Rapport de Mons. le Dh-ecteur-gcn&al des Finances,...
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The General History of the Christian Church: From Her Birth to Her Final ...

Charles Walmesley - Bible - 1807 - 696 pages
...But when lie hears, no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king : When nothing1 but the name of zeal appears :Twixt our best actions, and the worst of tl heirs, What does he think our sacrilege would spare, Since these th' effects of otir devotion are...
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The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: With the Life of the Author ..., Volume 9

Edmund Spenser - English poetry - 1807 - 446 pages
...hring This desolation, hut a Christian king; When nothing hut the name of zeal appears Twixt our hest actions and the worst of theirs; What does he think our sacrilege would spare, 155 When such th' effects of our devotions are? Parting from thence 'twixt anger, shame, and fear,...
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An Inquiry Into Certain Vulgar Opinions Concerning the Catholic Inhabitants ...

John Milner (bp) - Catholics - 1808 - 302 pages
...But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring " This desolation, but a Christian King; ' , " (While nothing but the name of zeal appears " 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs) " What must he think our sacrilege would spare " When such th' effects of our devotion are?',' Sir John Denham's...
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The muses' bower, embellished with the beauties of English poetry, Volume 3

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 308 pages
...would demand. What barbarous invader sack'd the land ? But when he hears no Goth, no Turk* did bring This desolation, but a Christian king;. When nothing...our sacrilege would spare, When such th' effects of pur devotions are ? Parting from thence 'twixt anger, shame, and fear, Those for what's past, and this...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - English poetry - 1809 - 604 pages
...delight. But when he hears, no Goth, no Turk did bring \ The stream is so transparent, pure and clear the common births of fate : Kadi moment has its sickle, emulous Of.Timc's enorm Twist oivr best actions and the worst of theirs ; That had the sclf-enamour'd youth gaz'd here, So...
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Specimens of the British Poets ...

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 512 pages
...demand What barbarous invader sack'd the land ? But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring Tbis desolation, but a Christian king; When nothing but the name of zeal appears Twutt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege would spare* When...
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