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Islington there was a man, Of whom the world might say, That still a godly race he ran, Whene'er he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. And in that town a...

The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver ... - Page 96
by William Collins - 1854 - 166 pages
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Thomas Carlyle, Joel J. Brattin, D.J. Trela - History - 2005 - 843 pages

...1845, thus adding the idea of political conniving to the idea of religious enthusiasm. Mad Dog" (1766): "The dog, to gain some private ends, /Went mad, and bit the man" (19-20). 238.1 1. 'Bible of Universal History': See "Count Cagliostro": "The grand sacred Epos, or...

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