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" Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him... "
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ... - Page 243
by Lindley Murray - 1826 - 263 pages
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Indian Traits: Being Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and ..., Volume 2

Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - 1833 - 250 pages
...make up a meritorious character. Even the beasts have their part of paradise, for the Indian — ' Thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company:' And not his dog only, but the whole race of animals, including an abundance of excellent game, of every...
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Cobb's Sequel to the Juvenile Readers: Comprising a Selection of Lessons in ...

Lyman Cobb - 1834 - 238 pages
...thirst for gold. 5. To BE, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wings, no seraph's fire : But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful...such ; Say here he gives too little, there too much. 6. In pride, in reasoning pride, our errour lies ; All quit their sphere, and rush into the skies....
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Gwyndudion, sef Awdlau, cywyddau, cathlau, traethodau ac englynion a ...

1835 - 206 pages
...enaid gael daioni o'i lafur. Hynhefyda welais, mai o law Duw yroedd hyn." SOLOMON. "Go wiser thou l and in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against...such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much ; Cease then, nor order imperfection name, Our proper bliss depends on what we blame : Know thy own...
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The works of Alexander Pope; with a memoir of the author, notes ..., Volume 1

Alexander Pope - 1835 - 350 pages
...thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire ; He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire; no But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. iv. Go, wiser thou ! and, in thy scale of sense, Weigh thy opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection...
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The Poetical Works of A. Pope: Including His Translation of Homer , to which ...

Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...equal sky, His faithful dug shall hear him company. IV. Go wiser thou ! and in thy scale of aeose, 'er thy smooth skin a hark of wrinkles spread, Turn...thy head -, Disfigure every limh with coarse atti : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Vet say, if man's unhappy, God's unjust : If man alone...
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An Argument for the Truth of Christianity: In a Series of Discourses

Isaac Dowd Williamson - 1836 - 264 pages
...true devotion, hopes for an humble heaven where "No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold; And thinks admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company." With thig he is satisfied upon that head. His pleasures are mostly physical, and he looks to the chase...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 362 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful...such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet say, if man's unhappy, God's unjust ; If man alone...
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The Book of Gems: Pomfret to Bloomfield

Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - 448 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful...such ; Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet say, if man's unhappy, God's unjust ; . If man alone...
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful...opinion against Providence ; Call imperfection what thou fancy 'st such, Say, here he gives too little, there too much : Destroy all creatures for thy sport...
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World's Wonder: And Other Essays

Marjorie Bowen - 1969 - 291 pages
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