Democritus in London: With the Mad Pranks and Comical Conceits of Motley and Robin Good-fellow, to which are Added Notes Festivous, EtcW. Pickering, 1852 - 312 страници |
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... the nest - like little domicile of Democritus when he wrote the following WISH . One of those neat quiet nooks That into a garden looks Give me for myself and books , Not exactly in my dotage ! No shrewish wife , DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 3.
... the nest - like little domicile of Democritus when he wrote the following WISH . One of those neat quiet nooks That into a garden looks Give me for myself and books , Not exactly in my dotage ! No shrewish wife , DEMOCRITUS IN LONDON . 3.
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... look upon is sweet , And fondly mark How , in each expressive face ( Tinged by joy or sorrow's grace ) We the mind immortal trace , That heavenly spark ! Charm'd by fancy , taught by truth , Ye were dear to me in sooth In the green leaf ...
... look upon is sweet , And fondly mark How , in each expressive face ( Tinged by joy or sorrow's grace ) We the mind immortal trace , That heavenly spark ! Charm'd by fancy , taught by truth , Ye were dear to me in sooth In the green leaf ...
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... look at superior abilities not with envy , but admiration , and a desire to imitate . - The world how- ever is not of this opinion . Its littleness would lower the gifted mind to its own level , its vanity would crush the excellence ...
... look at superior abilities not with envy , but admiration , and a desire to imitate . - The world how- ever is not of this opinion . Its littleness would lower the gifted mind to its own level , its vanity would crush the excellence ...
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... looks I turn to my best friends my books . With leisure that no tedium knows , With health on every breeze that blows , How happy I to friends that fly That ne'er deceive , and ne'er can die ! I the pabulum am after Looking that I live ...
... looks I turn to my best friends my books . With leisure that no tedium knows , With health on every breeze that blows , How happy I to friends that fly That ne'er deceive , and ne'er can die ! I the pabulum am after Looking that I live ...
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... look and tone never to be forgotten , he added , " If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart , Absent thee from felicity awhile , And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain , To tell my story . " Queen Bess , when sorrowful and sick ...
... look and tone never to be forgotten , he added , " If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart , Absent thee from felicity awhile , And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain , To tell my story . " Queen Bess , when sorrowful and sick ...
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Страница 238 - Sir, this is a busy day with us, we cannot hear you ; it is Robin Hood's day. The parish are gone abroad to gather for Robin Hood : I pray you let them not.
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Страница 21 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.