The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 17J. Murray, 1835 - Poets, English |
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... truths there are , " says he , " so near and obvious to the mind , that a man need only open his eyes to see them . Such I take this important one to be , that all the choir of heaven , and furniture of earth , in a word , all those ...
... truths there are , " says he , " so near and obvious to the mind , that a man need only open his eyes to see them . Such I take this important one to be , that all the choir of heaven , and furniture of earth , in a word , all those ...
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... Truth's rays , spoil not my draught of spirit ! Heaven's brandy , though our brain can hardly bear it . IlI . For ever and anon comes Indigestion , ( Not the most " dainty Ariel " ) ( 1 ) and perplexes Our soarings with another sort of ...
... Truth's rays , spoil not my draught of spirit ! Heaven's brandy , though our brain can hardly bear it . IlI . For ever and anon comes Indigestion , ( Not the most " dainty Ariel " ) ( 1 ) and perplexes Our soarings with another sort of ...
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... truth is , I've grown lately rather phthisical : I don't know what the reason is - the air Perhaps ; but as I suffer from the shocks Of illness , I grow much more orthodox . VI . The first attack at once proved the Divinity ( But that I ...
... truth is , I've grown lately rather phthisical : I don't know what the reason is - the air Perhaps ; but as I suffer from the shocks Of illness , I grow much more orthodox . VI . The first attack at once proved the Divinity ( But that I ...
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... live by lies , yet dare not boldly lie : -- Now what I love in women is , they won't Or can't do otherwise than lie , but do it So well , the very truth seems falsehood to it . XXXVII . And , after all , what is a 16 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
... live by lies , yet dare not boldly lie : -- Now what I love in women is , they won't Or can't do otherwise than lie , but do it So well , the very truth seems falsehood to it . XXXVII . And , after all , what is a 16 CANTO XI . DON JUAN .
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... truth in masquerade ; and I defy Historians , heroes , lawyers , priests , to put A fact without some leaven of a lie . The very shadow of true Truth would shut Up annals , revelations , poesy , And prophecy - except it should be dated ...
... truth in masquerade ; and I defy Historians , heroes , lawyers , priests , to put A fact without some leaven of a lie . The very shadow of true Truth would shut Up annals , revelations , poesy , And prophecy - except it should be dated ...
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