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Page xiii
... honour , and so forth . Now it so happens that the good old times , when " l'amour du bon vieux tems , l'amour antique " flourished , were the most profligate of all pos- sible centuries . Those who have any doubts on this.
... honour , and so forth . Now it so happens that the good old times , when " l'amour du bon vieux tems , l'amour antique " flourished , were the most profligate of all pos- sible centuries . Those who have any doubts on this.
Page xiv
... over , though Maria Antoinette was quite as chaste as most of those in whose honours lances were shivered , and knights unhorsed . * The Rovers . Antijacobin . Before the days of Bayard , and down to those xiv PREFACE .
... over , though Maria Antoinette was quite as chaste as most of those in whose honours lances were shivered , and knights unhorsed . * The Rovers . Antijacobin . Before the days of Bayard , and down to those xiv PREFACE .
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... , Are met — as if at home they could not die— To feed the crow on Talavera's plain , And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain . XLII . There shall they rot - Ambition's honour'd fools 32 CANTO I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
... , Are met — as if at home they could not die— To feed the crow on Talavera's plain , And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain . XLII . There shall they rot - Ambition's honour'd fools 32 CANTO I. CHILDE HAROLD'S.
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... honour'd fools ! Yes , Honour decks the turf that wraps their clay ! Vain Sophistry ! in these behold the tools , The broken tools , that tyrants cast away By myriads , when they dare to pave their way With human hearts - to what ? -a ...
... honour'd fools ! Yes , Honour decks the turf that wraps their clay ! Vain Sophistry ! in these behold the tools , The broken tools , that tyrants cast away By myriads , when they dare to pave their way With human hearts - to what ? -a ...
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... honours lost , That bids me loathe my present state , And fly from all I prized the most : 4 . It is that weariness which springs From all I meet , or hear , or see : To me no pleasure Beauty brings ; Thine eyes have scarce a charm for ...
... honours lost , That bids me loathe my present state , And fly from all I prized the most : 4 . It is that weariness which springs From all I meet , or hear , or see : To me no pleasure Beauty brings ; Thine eyes have scarce a charm for ...
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