"We are a little Kingdom; But the Man / That chains his Rebel Will to Reasons Throne, / Forms it a large one."
To Mr. Robert Atwood. The Kingdom of the Wise Man. [from Horae Lyricae. Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind. In Three Books]
36 entries in ESTC (1706, 1709, 1715, 1731, 1737, 1743, 1748, 1750, 1751, 1753, 1758, 1762, 1764, 1765, 1770, 1772, 1778, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1785, 1786, 1788, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799). Compare two-book and three-book versions.<br>
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See Isaac Watts, <u>HorÃ¦ LyricÃ¦. Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind. in Two Books.</u> (London: Printed by S. and D. Bridge, for John Lawrence, 1706). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T82397">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW112026958&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004851068.0001.000">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;<br>
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Titled "True Monarchy" in Isaac Watts, <u>HorÃ¦ LyricÃ¦. Poems Chiefly of the Lyric Kind. In Three Books</u>, 2nd ed. (London: Printed by J. Humfreys, for N. Cliff, 1709). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&contentSet=ECCOArticles&type=multipage&tabID=T001&prodId=ECCO&docId=CW110272883&source=gale&userGroupName=viva_uva&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Originally found searching in <u>The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D.</u>, 6 vols. (London: Printed by and for John Barfield, 1810).