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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 156
by James Boswell - 1807
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The Female Speaker; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse: Selected ...

Mrs. Barbauld (Anna Letitia) - 1816 - 414 pages
...and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r, Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er...mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For luve, which scarce collective man can fill; For patiente, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith,...
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The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author ...

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 154 pages
...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...strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervors for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 506 pages
...and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er...presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires P, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd ; For love,...
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Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 2

John Bowdler - 1816 - 370 pages
...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 with Christians, to discover what are the evidences of a state...
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The life of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2

James Boswell - 1817 - 466 pages
...had not a shirt to shift him in three months, without he borrowed it, and died very poor in 1C4C." -- Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, " And...a healthful mind, " Obedient passions, and a will resigo'd ; " For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; " For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 pages
...and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of S specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er...which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reigno'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's...
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The Works of Hannah More: Including Several Pieces Never Before Published ...

Hannah More - 1818 - 340 pages
...knowledge. Still lift for good (he supplicating voice, But leave to Heaven the measure and the choice; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. " VOL. V. C We should endeavour to render our private devotions effectual remedies for our own particular...
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Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 498 pages
...and the choice. Safe in his pow'r, whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure, whate'er...which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Churchill, 1764, to Johnson, 1784

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 482 pages
...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, when the sense of...for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign' d ; For love, which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 368 pages
...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...which scarce collective man can fill ; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill ; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's...
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