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... fate . " To him thus Moloch temperate replied ; 125 130 " Thy wisdom , Beelzebub ! hath set my fault In clear and open view before my eyes . Moloch's ungovern'd haste shall ne'er be said To have endanger'd hell ; my hate to heaven ...
... fate . " To him thus Moloch temperate replied ; 125 130 " Thy wisdom , Beelzebub ! hath set my fault In clear and open view before my eyes . Moloch's ungovern'd haste shall ne'er be said To have endanger'd hell ; my hate to heaven ...
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... Fate , that he who long Hath reign'd trimphant o'er the minds of men Shall reign no more : ' tis on Columbia's plains 165 The victor shall be vanquish'd : hence it comes That the chief powers of heaven do now uuite To aid Columbia's ...
... Fate , that he who long Hath reign'd trimphant o'er the minds of men Shall reign no more : ' tis on Columbia's plains 165 The victor shall be vanquish'd : hence it comes That the chief powers of heaven do now uuite To aid Columbia's ...
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... Fate , Yet has the draught been copious ; Schuylkill's banks Bear ample witness to the attested fact . 276 280 ' Twas there the very sinews of the war Had by my aid been broken , not a glimpse Of what mankind hold dearest , precious ...
... Fate , Yet has the draught been copious ; Schuylkill's banks Bear ample witness to the attested fact . 276 280 ' Twas there the very sinews of the war Had by my aid been broken , not a glimpse Of what mankind hold dearest , precious ...
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... fate , and gone to greet the shade Of great Montgomery in Orcus ' depths , 310 307. while speculators , & c . " Nothing , in my judgment , ( says Washington ) can save us but a total reformation in our own conduct , or some decisive ...
... fate , and gone to greet the shade Of great Montgomery in Orcus ' depths , 310 307. while speculators , & c . " Nothing , in my judgment , ( says Washington ) can save us but a total reformation in our own conduct , or some decisive ...
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... fate of the amiable and gallant major Andre , is too well known to require insertion . See Ramsay , ii . 194—204 , and p . 3 , i . 235 ; Life of W. iv . 327. 332 , & c . 334. Of three proud veterans - Williams , Vanwert , Pay ? ding ...
... fate of the amiable and gallant major Andre , is too well known to require insertion . See Ramsay , ii . 194—204 , and p . 3 , i . 235 ; Life of W. iv . 327. 332 , & c . 334. Of three proud veterans - Williams , Vanwert , Pay ? ding ...
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