| James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate 1 " No cries attempt the mercy of the skies ? " Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain, " Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. " But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice. "Still raise for good the supplicating voice, 5 In... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 268 pages
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find ? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? «3 Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercy of the skies ? Inquirer, cease:... | |
| British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects fi nd ? Must dull Suspense coriupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ? Must dull suspence corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - English fiction - 1811 - 250 pages
...rest. When then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind ? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 202 pages
...rest. Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies i Inquirer, cease... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 206 pages
...rest. Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fete ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies? Inquirer,... | |
| Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - English literature - 1816 - 414 pages
...PRAYER. SAY, where shall hope and fear their objects find? Musi. dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies ? Inquirer, cease... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1816 - 154 pages
...Where then shall hope and fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? !VJust helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries invoke the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease —... | |
| James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...".Where then shall hope and fear their objects find " Shall dull suspence corrupt the stagnant mind • " Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, " Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate ? " Shall иo dislike alarm, no wishes rise, •¡ No cries attempt the mercy of the skies; " Inquirer, cease;... | |
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