Essays, First SeriesPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1852 |
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Page 82
... thou child infirm , There's no god dare wrong a worm . Laurel crowns cleave to deserts , And power to him who power exerts ; Hast not thy share ? On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating ...
... thou child infirm , There's no god dare wrong a worm . Laurel crowns cleave to deserts , And power to him who power exerts ; Hast not thy share ? On winged feet , Lo ! it rushes thee to meet ; And all that Nature made thy own , Floating ...
Page 94
... thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in si- lence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an - unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses up- on such as have 94 ESSAY III .
... thou who dwellest in the highest heavens in si- lence , O thou only great God , sprinkling with an - unwearied Providence certain penal blindnesses up- on such as have 94 ESSAY III .
Page 98
... Thou shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done , no more , no less . Who doth not work shall not eat . Harm watch , harm catch . Curses always recoil on the head of him who imprecates them . If you put a chain around the neck of a ...
... Thou shalt be paid exactly for what thou hast done , no more , no less . Who doth not work shall not eat . Harm watch , harm catch . Curses always recoil on the head of him who imprecates them . If you put a chain around the neck of a ...
Page 144
... thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all our after years , like menials , serve and wait on this , and , according to their ability , execute its will . This revisal or cor- rection is a constant force , which , as a tendency ...
... thou done , but it were better thus . ' And all our after years , like menials , serve and wait on this , and , according to their ability , execute its will . This revisal or cor- rection is a constant force , which , as a tendency ...
Page 145
... thou sittest still . ' I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good . Epaminondas , if he was the man I take him for , would have sat still with joy and peace , if his lot had been mine . Heaven is ...
... thou sittest still . ' I see action to be good , when the need is , and sitting still to be also good . Epaminondas , if he was the man I take him for , would have sat still with joy and peace , if his lot had been mine . Heaven is ...
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