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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent Statesmen ... - Page 199
1791
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 42

Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1770 - 604 pages
...be mine, How bleft is he who crowns in (hades like thefe, A youth of labour" with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And,...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But...
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The Deserted Village: A Poem

Oliver Goldsmith - 1770 - 44 pages
...where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fty; THE DESERTED VILLAGE. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from his gate, But...
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Annual Register, Volume 13

Edmund Burke - 1771 - 590 pages
...a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him j»o wretches, born to work and weep ; Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep, j No ftfrly portt-r ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate,...
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Retaliation: a poem. To which is added, some account of the life ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1774 - 70 pages
...muft be mine, How happy he who crowns in ftiades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of cafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And,...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep ; No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: Now First ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1780 - 204 pages
...like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try,And fince 'tis hard to combat learns to fly. For him no...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep j No furly porter ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion: A Collection of Poems

1785 - 316 pages
...die at home at laft. bleft retirement, friend to life's decline, Retreuts from care, that never muft be mine, How bleft is he who crowns in fhades like...mine, or tempt the dang'rous deep ; No furly porter Hands in guilty ' ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate' ; But on he motes to meet his latter...
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The Muse's Pocket Companion. A Collection of Poems: By Lord Carlisle. Lord ...

1785 - 304 pages
...thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches,...ftands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend; Sinks...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

1787 - 430 pages
...thefe, A youth of labour, with an age of eafe ; Who quits a world where flrong temptations try, And fmce 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches,...ftands., in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate : But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Bends...
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The Poetical and Dramatic Works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: With an Account ...

Oliver Goldsmith - 1791 - 206 pages
...mine ; How bleft is he who crowns, in fhades like thefe, A youth of labour with an age of eafe ; Who Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And...born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep; No furly porter Hands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from his gate; But...
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Extracts, Elegant, Instructive, and Entertaining, in Poetry, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 966 pages
...Who quits a world where ftrong temptations try, And, fince 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! "nr 4c5 4 4 4 •Jo furly porter (lands in guilty ftate, To fpurn imploring famine from the gate ; Jut on he moves...
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