| John Langhorne - 1766 - 188 pages
...to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hiflory in a itathn'i eyet Thiir lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing...virtues, but their crimes confin'd, Forbade to wade thro' flaughter to a throne, And (hue the gates of mercy on mankind. All elfe that can be done, is... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1767 - 288 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confiuM; Forbad to wade through (laughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind ; The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the blufhes of ingenuous mame, Or heap... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1775 - 168 pages
...to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a foiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes, Their Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade thro' flaughtcr to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind : The firuggling pangs of confcious... | |
| William Giles (didactic writer) - 1775 - 336 pages
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes; Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade thro' (laughter to a throne, And (hut the gates of mercy on mankind, The t The ftruggring pangs of... | |
| Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1778 - 182 pages
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes, • Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...virtues, but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade thro' flaughter to a throne, And Ihut the gates of mercy to mankind, The The firuggling pangs of confcious... | |
| Children's poetry, English - 1780 - 226 pages
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hrft'ry in a nation's eyes. Their lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind : The ftrjaggling pangs of confcious... | |
| English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...Their lot forbad : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confin'd ; Forbad to wade through {laughter to a throne, •And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind, The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth to hide, To quench the blufhes of ingenuous mame, Or heap the... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, * Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind. The ftruggling pangs of confcious Truth... | |
| Oliver Goldsmith - English poetry - 1785 - 568 pages
...r«in to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hift'ry in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade ; nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...but their crimes confin'd ; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind: The The ftruggling pangs of confciouy... | |
| John Scott, John Hoole - English poetry - 1785 - 492 pages
...ruin to defpife, To fcatter plenty o'er a fmiling land, And read their hiftory in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumfcrib'd alone Their...but their crimes confin'd; Forbade to wade through flaughter to a throne, And fhut the gates of mercy on mankind j The ftruggling pangs of confcious truth... | |
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