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The Recreations of a Country Parson - Page 296
by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1866 - 418 pages
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Picturesque excursions in Devonshire and Cornwall, Part 1

Thomas H. Williams - 1804 - 202 pages
...must in consequence too often prevail. Had Cowper visited Culbone, he would not have exclaimed, " O for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " Some boundless...contiguity of shade, " Where rumour of oppression might never reach " My ear." He might here have found a solitude independent of a desert, and an uninterrupted...
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Poems, Volume 2

William Cowper - 1806 - 300 pages
...consequent evils,' ascribed, as to its prmcipal emise, to 'the want of discipline in the universities. • OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness. Some boundless contiguity of shade, \Yhere rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more....
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A Portraiture of Quakerism,: Taken from a View of the Moral ..., Volume 3

Thomas Clarkson - 1807 - 486 pages
...situation^ or with expressions of disgust at the wicked-? ness, for these little creatures. '•' 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, \Vhere rumour of oppression and deceit^ (5f unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
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Poems, Volume 28

Anne Bannerman - 1807 - 250 pages
...Hist. Amer. vol. it. NOTE i, p. 61. " O ! for a lodge, where Peace might love to dwell," tifc. O ! for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade! ' NOTEj, p. 67. SONNETS FROM PETRARCH, Sec. Cowper'i TatJct I, p. 69. Alma felice, che sovente torni,...
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The Task: A Poem. In Six Books

William Cowper - 1810 - 212 pages
...to its principal cause, to the M ant of discipline in the unirersitie*. BOOK II. THE TIME-PIECE. \}H for a lodge in some vast -wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more. My ear...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...his servant sun. SECTION II. Indignant Sentiments on National Prejudices and Hatred; arid on Slavery. OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, . , • • Some boundless contiguity of shade, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, My soul is sick with every...
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On the Conduct of Man to Inferior Animals: On the Primeval State of Man ...

Conduct, George Nicholson - 1819 - 282 pages
...worthy the most glorious period of ancient wisdom!" But he cannot join with Cowper, in crying, " 0 for a lodge in some vast wilderness, " some boundless contiguity of shade !" A little cot would form his heart's desire, , a summer garden and a winter's fire ; a small retreat....
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Figures of Elocution exemplified; or, Directions for reading and reciting ...

Charles Richson - 1820 - 98 pages
...shining. talents for action. Indignant Sentiments on National Prejudices and . . hatred : and on Slavery. OH, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war. vMight never reach me more ! My...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...all. OOWPER. SECTION XI. Itilignant Sentiment* on National Prejudices and Hatrei ;\ and on Slavery. OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rjimor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 pages
...SECTION XI. V*^ indignant sentiments on national prfjudices and hatred ; • • and on slavery. 1. OH, for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pain'd, My soul is sick with...
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