Meditations Among the Tombs: In a Letter to a LadyJ. and J. Rivington; and J. Leake, Bath, 1746 - 122 |
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... Magnitude in Heaven . They will fhine with brighter Beams , be replenished with ftronger Joys , in their LORD's everlasting Kingdom . Confider this , ye mourn- 3 HERE HERE lies the Grief of a fond Mother , and among the TOMBS . 15.
... Magnitude in Heaven . They will fhine with brighter Beams , be replenished with ftronger Joys , in their LORD's everlasting Kingdom . Confider this , ye mourn- 3 HERE HERE lies the Grief of a fond Mother , and among the TOMBS . 15.
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... everlasting State , upon which it is now " entered . The poor Body is nailed up " in a Coffin , and carried out to putrefy " in the Earth . And what Reafon have I " to suppose , that the precious Soul is in a better Condition ? May I ...
... everlasting State , upon which it is now " entered . The poor Body is nailed up " in a Coffin , and carried out to putrefy " in the Earth . And what Reafon have I " to suppose , that the precious Soul is in a better Condition ? May I ...
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... wonder " why his Chariot was fo long " in coming ? " Little thinking , that the in . tended Bridegroom had for ever done with transitory Arakes tranfitory Things ! That now everlasting Cares employ his among the TOMBS . 23.
... wonder " why his Chariot was fo long " in coming ? " Little thinking , that the in . tended Bridegroom had for ever done with transitory Arakes tranfitory Things ! That now everlasting Cares employ his among the TOMBS . 23.
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In a Letter to a Lady James Hervey. Arakes tranfitory Things ! That now everlasting Cares employ his Mind , without one fingle Remembrance of his lovely Lucinda ! Go , disappointed Virgin ! go mourn the Uncertainty of all created Blifs ...
In a Letter to a Lady James Hervey. Arakes tranfitory Things ! That now everlasting Cares employ his Mind , without one fingle Remembrance of his lovely Lucinda ! Go , disappointed Virgin ! go mourn the Uncertainty of all created Blifs ...
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... everlasting Realities ! When every Wheel moves on smoothly ; when all the well - difpofed Defigns are ripening * Hac mente laborem Sefe ferre , fenes ut in otia tuta recedant , Ajunt , cum fibi fint congefta cibaria . E 2 Hor . apace ...
... everlasting Realities ! When every Wheel moves on smoothly ; when all the well - difpofed Defigns are ripening * Hac mente laborem Sefe ferre , fenes ut in otia tuta recedant , Ajunt , cum fibi fint congefta cibaria . E 2 Hor . apace ...
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