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History of Cultivated Vegetables: Comprising Their Botanical, Medicinal ... - Page 129
by Henry Phillips - 1822
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The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's virgil

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 344 pages
...245 Thefe rites, thefe altars, and this feaft, O king, From no vain fears, or fuperftition, fpring; Or blind devotion, or from blinder chance ; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance: But fav'd from danger, with a grateful fenfe, z5* The labours of a god we recompenfe. See, from afar, yon...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 23

English poets - 1790 - 374 pages
...*» Thefe rites, thefe altars, and this feaft, O king, From no vain fears, or fuperftition, fpring; Or blind devotion, or from blinder chance; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance: But fav'd from danger, with a grateful fenfe. The labours of a god we recompenfe. See, from afar, yon rock...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical ...

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1104 pages
...rites, thefe altars, and this feaft, 0 king, From no vain fears, or fuperftition, fprinj ; Or Mini! devotion, or from blinder chance ; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance : But fav'd from danger, with a grateful fcnfe, The labours of a god we recompenfr. See, from afar, yon rock...
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The Works of Virgil, Volume 3

Virgil - 1803 - 352 pages
...chine. But, when the rage of hunger was repress'd, . , Thus spoke Evander to his royal guest : 245 " These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king,...chance, Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance ; But, sav'd from danger, with a grateful sense, 250 The labours of a god we recompense. See, from afar, yon...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 3

Great Britain - 1804 - 658 pages
...¡ Thefe rites, thefe altars, and this feaft, O kinf, From no rain fear», orfuperftition, I'prin? ; Or blind devotion, or from blinder chance ; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance: But fav'd from danger, with a grateful fenfe. The labours of я god we recompenfe . See, from afar, yon...
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The poets of Great Britain complete from Chaucer to Churchill, Volume 24

John Bell - 1807 - 376 pages
...'scontinued J But, when the rage of hunger was repress'd, Thus spoke Evander to his royal guest : 245 ' These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king...blinder chance, ' Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance : V ' But, sav'd from danger, with a grateful sense, 250 ' The labours of a god we recompense. ' See,...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...spoke Evander to his royal guest : — " These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king, From no va: fears or superstition spring, Or blind devotion, or...grateful sense, The labours of a god we recompense. See, from afar, yon rock that mates the sky, About whose feet such heaps of rubbish lie ; Such indigested...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...contin i: d chine. But, when the rage of hunger was repress'd, Thus spoke Evander to his royal guest : " These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king,...blinder chance ; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance : Hut sav'd from danger, with a grateful sense, The labours of a god ire recompense. See, from afar,...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...repress'd, Thus spoke Evander to his royal guest : " These riti-s, these altars, and this feast, О king, From no vain fears, or superstition, spring...blinder chance ; Or heady zeal, or brutal ignorance : I!ut sav'd from danger, with a grateful sense, 1 he labours of a god we recompense. Set?, from afar,...
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The Works of the Greek and Roman Poets, Volume 11, Parts 3-4

1813 - 420 pages
...tiuned chine. lint, when the rage of hunger was repress'd, Thus spoke Evander to his royal guert; J I ' These rites, these altars, and this feast, O king, From no vain ('cars or superstition spring, Or blind devotion, or from blinder chance, Or heady zeal, or brutal...
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