The Works of the English Poets: BlackmoreH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... various arguments that evince the truth of this propofition , " There is a God , " I have íe- lected this as the moft evident and intelligible . I may with reafon prefume , that I fhall not incur any cenfure for not employing new ...
... various arguments that evince the truth of this propofition , " There is a God , " I have íe- lected this as the moft evident and intelligible . I may with reafon prefume , that I fhall not incur any cenfure for not employing new ...
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... various marks of wisdom and artful contrivance , which are evident to obfervation in the feveral parts of the ma- terial world , and the faculties of the human foul . The fift book contains the proof of a Deity , from the inftances of ...
... various marks of wisdom and artful contrivance , which are evident to obfervation in the feveral parts of the ma- terial world , and the faculties of the human foul . The fift book contains the proof of a Deity , from the inftances of ...
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... earth this wondrous energy , In fuch a measure , such a just degree , That it should still perform its destin'd task , As nature's ends and various ufes afk ? For , 2.20 For , fhould our globe have had a greater 46 BLACKMORE'S POEMS .
... earth this wondrous energy , In fuch a measure , such a just degree , That it should still perform its destin'd task , As nature's ends and various ufes afk ? For , 2.20 For , fhould our globe have had a greater 46 BLACKMORE'S POEMS .
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... various fcenes , which various charms difplay , Through all th ' extended theatre furvey . See how fublime th ' uplifted mountains rife , And with their pointed heads invade the skies ! How the high cliffs their craggy arms extend ...
... various fcenes , which various charms difplay , Through all th ' extended theatre furvey . See how fublime th ' uplifted mountains rife , And with their pointed heads invade the skies ! How the high cliffs their craggy arms extend ...
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... various grain ; How useful all ! how all confpire to grace 450 Th ' extended earth , and beautify her face ! Now , fee , with how much art the parts are made ; With how much wifdom are the ftrata laid , Of different weight , and of a ...
... various grain ; How useful all ! how all confpire to grace 450 Th ' extended earth , and beautify her face ! Now , fee , with how much art the parts are made ; With how much wifdom are the ftrata laid , Of different weight , and of a ...
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æther affert Anaxagoras ariſe aſk Atheiſts atoms beaſts caufe cauſe Chance chufe chyle conftant courfe courſe defcend defign defign'd demonftration difplay divine earth eaſe endued Epicurean Epicurus eternal exiftence exiſtence fame fate fchools feat fecret fenfe fhould fide fince firft firſt fkies flood flow folar fome force form'd fource fpacious fpirits fpread fpring frame ftill ftores ftreams ftrong fubject fuch fuperior fyftem glebe globe heavenly hills honour immenfe impulfive irreligion juft juſt labour laws lefs light Lucretians Lucretius mafs mind motion move muft muſt Nature Nature's ne'er neceffity o'er Obferve orbs pafs philofophers plain pleaſe pleaſure purſue race reafon reft religion rife ſcheme ſhow ſkies ſkill ſky ſpace ſphere ſtars ſtate ſtay ſtill taſk tell thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand uſe vaft vapours various veins vigour weft Whence whofe wife winds wondrous
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Página 108 - Does not the river from the mountain flow, And bring down riches to the vale below? See how the torrent rolls the golden sand From the high ridges to the flatter land. The lofty lines abound with endless store Of mineral treasure, and metallic ore; With precious veins of silver, copper, tin, Without how barren, yet how rich within!
Página 192 - TV admitted nitre agitates the flood, .Revives its fire, and referments the blood. Behold, the streams now change their languid blue, Regain their glory, and their flame renew. With scarlet honours re-adorn'd the tide Leaps on, and bright with more than Tyrian pride, Advances to the heart, and fills -the cave On the left side, which the first motion gave. Now through the same involv'd arterial ways, Again th' exploded jets th
Página 22 - If you say he has broken any law, tell us the law, and by whom it was made. If the laws of the supreme being are set aside, we can lie under no regulation, but have an unbounded liberty over all our actions.
Página 93 - Amidst the glebe, small hollow fibres shoots ; Which drink with thirsty mouths the vital juice, And to the limbs and leaves their food diffuse : Peculiar pores peculiar juice receive, To this deny, to that admittance give.
Página 81 - Saturn in thirty years his ring completes, Which swifter Jupiter in twelve repeats. Mars three and twenty months revolving spends; The earth in twelve her annual journey ends. Venus, thy race in twice four months is run; For his, Mercurius three demands; the moon Her revolution finishes in one. If all at once are mov'd, and by one spring, Why so unequal is their annual ring...
Página 54 - See, how the rip'ning fruits the gardens crown, * Imbibe the sun, and make his light their own. See the...
Página 170 - Nature's power. Hence metals, plants, and minerals arise, The clouds and all the meteors of the skies ! Hence all the clans that haunt the hill or wood, That beat the air, or cut the limpid flood! Even man, their lord, hence into being came, Breath'd the pure air, and felt the vital flame!
Página 178 - From animated rock and flint began. Now to the learned schools of (Greece repair, Who chance the author of the world declare : Then judge if wise philosophers excel Those idle tales, which wanton poets tell.
Página 97 - The' alternate sovereigns of the night and day; View the wide earth adorn'd with hills and woods, Rich in her herds, and fertile by her floods ; Walk through the deep apartments of the main, Ascend the air to visit clouds and rain ; And, while we...
Página 24 - I persuade myself the Epicurean philosophy had not lived so long, nor been so much esteemed, had it not been kept alive and propagated by the famous poem...