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Page 52
... serpent griefs to grow . Here stay , my Muse ; for if I should recite Her mournful language , I should make you weep Like her , a flood , and so not see to write Such lines as I , and th ' age requires , to keep Me from stern Death , or ...
... serpent griefs to grow . Here stay , my Muse ; for if I should recite Her mournful language , I should make you weep Like her , a flood , and so not see to write Such lines as I , and th ' age requires , to keep Me from stern Death , or ...
Page 75
... serpent too , their pride , Which aims at things deny'd ; That learn'd and eloquent lust ; Instead of mounting high , shall creep upon the dust . " REASON , THE USE OF IT IN DIVINE MATTERS . SOME blind themselves , ' cause possibly they ...
... serpent too , their pride , Which aims at things deny'd ; That learn'd and eloquent lust ; Instead of mounting high , shall creep upon the dust . " REASON , THE USE OF IT IN DIVINE MATTERS . SOME blind themselves , ' cause possibly they ...
Page 77
... serpent's teeth for us ; We could not else by mutual fury fall , Whilst Rhine and Sequan for our armies call : Chuse war or peace , you have a prince , you know , As fit for both , as both are fit for you ; Furious as lightning , when ...
... serpent's teeth for us ; We could not else by mutual fury fall , Whilst Rhine and Sequan for our armies call : Chuse war or peace , you have a prince , you know , As fit for both , as both are fit for you ; Furious as lightning , when ...
Page 78
... serpents twist , And every serpent at each other hiss'd . Here stood white Truth , and her own host does bless , Clad with those arms of proof , her nakedness ; There perjuries like cannons roar aloud , And lyes flew thick , like ...
... serpents twist , And every serpent at each other hiss'd . Here stood white Truth , and her own host does bless , Clad with those arms of proof , her nakedness ; There perjuries like cannons roar aloud , And lyes flew thick , like ...
Page 80
... serpent cut in parts rejoin'd and liv'd : It liv'd , and would have stung us deeper yet , But that bold Grenville ts whole fury met ; He sold , like Decius , his devoted breath , And left the commonwealth heir to his death . Hail ...
... serpent cut in parts rejoin'd and liv'd : It liv'd , and would have stung us deeper yet , But that bold Grenville ts whole fury met ; He sold , like Decius , his devoted breath , And left the commonwealth heir to his death . Hail ...
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