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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Page 31
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 542 pages
...throng : <,dam falut-shis youngeft /on ; no Cgn Of all thofe ages, which their births disjoin. 1 70 How empty learning, and how vain is art. But as it...mends the life, and guides the heart ! What volumes hive been fn-=ll d, whit time been fpent, To fix a hero's birth-day, or defccnt 1 What joy mutt it...
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Young. Churchill. Lloyd. Falconer. Thomson

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 538 pages
...throng : Adam falutes his youngcft i'on ; no Cgn Of all thofe agea, which their births disjoin. 170 H'IW empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it mends the life, and guides the heart ! What volumes h*ve been fwcll d, what time been fpent, To fit a hero's birth-day, or defcenf ! \ What joy mud it...
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The Works of the Author of The Night-thoughts: In Three Volumes, Volume 1

Edward Young - 1802 - 420 pages
...the throng : ADAM salutes his youngest son ; no sign, Of all those ages, which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it...life, and guides the heart! What volumes have been swell'd, what time been spent, To fix a hero's birth-day, or descent ! What joy must it now yield,...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

1803 - 468 pages
...throng ; Adam salutes hs youngest son : no sign Of all those ages which their births iiisioin. 179 Ho w empty learning, and how vain is art ! But as it mends the life, and guides the heart ! What vohimcsiuve been swell'd, what lime been spent, To fix a hero's birth-day or descent ! What joy roust...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...the tnrong; Adam falutes his youngeft (on ; no fijn Of all tliofe ages which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it...life, and guides the heart! What volumes have been fwell'd.wlut time been To fix a hero's birthday, or defcent ? [I pent, IWhat joy mull it now yield,...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 3

Edward Young - 1805 - 232 pages
...in the throng; Adam salutes his youngest son : no sign Of all those ages which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art! But as it...life, and guides the heart! What volumes have been swell'd, what time been spent, To fix a hero's birthday or descent! What joy must it now yield, what...
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The Poetical Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Young: With the Life of ..., Volume 3

Edward Young - 1805 - 232 pages
...the throng ; Adam salutes his youngest son : no sign Of all those ages which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art ! But as it mends the lite, and guides the heart ! What volumes have been swell'd, what time been spent, To fix a hero's...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

1806 - 330 pages
...the throng : Adam salutes his youngest son : no sign Of all those ages, which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it...life, and guides the heart ! What volumes have been swell'd, what time been spent, To fix a hero's birth-day, or descent ! What joy must it now yield,...
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Elegant Extracts, Volumes 1-2

Vicesimus Knox - 1809 - 604 pages
...the throng ; Adam salutes his youngest son ; no sign Of all those ages which their births disjoin. binical degree, Unknown to foreign universityHis judgement...yet liis memory did excel ; Which pierc'd his wond'r swell'd, what time been To fix a hero's birth-day, or descent? | [spent, What joy must it now yield,...
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The beauties of the poets: a collection of moral and sacred poetry, compiled ...

Thomas Janes - 1810 - 336 pages
...the throng : Adam salutes his youngest son : no sign Of all those ages, which their births disjoin. How empty learning, and how vain is art, But as it...life and guides the heart! What volumes have been swell'd, what time been spent, To fix a hero's birth-day, or descent! What joy must it now yield, what...
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