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...actions, which constitute vulgar greatness, and to dwell slightly upon the horrid atrocities of those, who wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind ; who cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war; wiiose foot-steps are traced in the blood of...

...towards a higher degree of perfection; and dwelling more slightly upon the atrocities of those who " wade through slaughter to a throne, and shut the gates of mercy on mankind," who " cry havoc and let ¡-lip the dogs, of war," whose steps are traced in the blood of...

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...ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their hist'ry in a nation's eyes, The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To...incense kindled at the Muse's flame. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wishes never learn'd to stray ; Along the cool sequester'd...

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...excellently expressed in his Elegy these sacrificial offerings to the great from the poetick trihe: " To heap the shrine of luxury and pride " With incense kindled at the muse's flame." Waktfield. 2 - through him Drink the frec air.] That is, catch his hreath in affected fondA similar...

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