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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ... - Page 270
by Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 394 pages
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical: Illustrative of ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...replies, Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain, Which heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, but leave to heav'n the measure and the choice. Satu m his pow'r, whose eyes discern alar The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore his aid,...
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Smart, Wilkie, P. Whitehead, Fawkes, Lovibond, Harte, Langhorne, Goldsmith ...

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 648 pages
....Vhich Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Itill raise for good the supplicating voice, ".iii leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar "he secret ambush of a specious pray'r; mplore his aid, in his decisions rest, -•viii.", whate'er...
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The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon - 1811 - 250 pages
...skies ? Inquirer, cease ! petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to...eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r. Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when...
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The Gleaner: A Series of Periodical Essays, Volume 4

Nathan Drake - 1811 - 504 pages
...CLXXXVI. Pcrmittes tpsis expendere mvminibus, quid Conveniat uobis, rebusque sit utile nostris. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to HeaV'n the measure and the choice. JOHNSON. OSREIDAN, of Damascus, was a heretic of the sect of Kadir, who believe in the freedom of the...
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...skies ? Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain, Whieh Heav'n may hear; nor deem religion Vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice ; But leave...eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author ...

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...good the supplicating voice, But leave to heaven the measure and the choice — Safe in His power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer; Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred Presence...
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Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 2

John Bowdler - 1816 - 370 pages
...for good the supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice; Safe in his power, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious prayer ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best f. It is always a matter of some anxiety...
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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ...

1817 - 314 pages
...skies ? Inquirer cease ! petitions yet remain, Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to...eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...skies ? Enquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem Religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to...pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of S specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...skies ? Inquirer, cease ; petitions yet remain Which Heav'n may hear, nor deem religion vain. Still raise for good the supplicating voice, But leave to...eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray 'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest* Secure, whate'cr he gives, he gives the best. Yet,...
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