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" He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God. "
Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry ... - Page 204
by James Beattie - 1809
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Russell's American Elocutionist: The American Elocutionist; Comprising ...

William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 410 pages
...unknown ; — Fair science frown'd not on his humble birth ; And melancholy mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere ; Heaven...from heaven — 'twas all he wished, — a friend. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode ; — There they...
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Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

Thomas Gray - Death - 1845 - 92 pages
...unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. XXXI. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven...had — a tear ; He gain'd from Heaven ('twas all he wish'd) a friend IJ.:NE\V XXXII. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from...
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The rhetorical reader, consisting of choice specimens of oratorical ...

John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...unkno'wn. Fair Sci'ence frow'ned not/ on his humble bir'th ; And Me"lancholy-marked-him/ for her owAn. Lar'ge was his bou'nty/, and his s'oul sincer'e; Heaven...se'nd, He gave to m'isery (a'll he ha"d) a te'ar : He gai'ned from He'aven ('twas all he wis'hed) a frie'nd. No farther seek his me'rits/ to disclo'se, Or...
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National Preceptor

Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own. 31. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere : Heaven...: — He gave to misery all he had — a tear ; He gained from heaven — 'twas all he wished — a friend. 32. No farther seek his merits to disclose,...
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Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard

Thomas Gray - 1845 - 92 pages
...unknown ; Fair Science frown'd not on his humble birth, And Melancholy mark'd him for her own. XXX. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere ; Heaven...largely send : He gave to Misery all he had — a tear ; XXXI. No further seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode : (There...
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...unknown : Fair Science — frown'd not on his humble biriA, And Melancholy — mark'd him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere; Heaven...— did a recompense — as largely send. He gave to mis'ry all he had — a tear; [friend. He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) — а No farther...
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The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the ...

John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...repeat it, sir', we must FIGHT ! An appeal to arms', and to the God of hosts', is all that Is left us. Large was his bounty', and his soul sincere : Heaven did a recompense as largely send. He gave to mis'ry' all he hadv, — a tearv ; He gained from heaven — 'twas all he wished' — a friend'. Hush*...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 278 pages
...poetry, a new and surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every lewd, low...
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Hood's Magazine and Comic Miscellany, Volume 3

Great Britain - 1845 - 656 pages
...poetry, a new and surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send ; He gave to misery all he had, a tear; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd), a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every lewd,...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - English poetry - 1845 - 280 pages
...poetry, a new and surprising addition to the jest. Large was his bounty and his soul sincere, Heav'n did a recompense as largely send; He gave to misery all he had, a tear ; He gain'd from heav'n ('twas all he wish'd) a friend. The fops are proud of scandal; for they cry At every lewd, low...
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