Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection, Quotations of Maxims, Metaphors, Counsels, Cautions, Aphorisms, Proverbs, &c. &c. from Writers of All Ages and Both Hemispheres |
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... Sense , and energy of Mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remember'd that he once was young : His easy presence check'd no decent joy . Him even the dissolute admir'd ; for he A graceful looseness when he pleas'd ...
... Sense , and energy of Mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; He still remember'd that he once was young : His easy presence check'd no decent joy . Him even the dissolute admir'd ; for he A graceful looseness when he pleas'd ...
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... sense beguile ; But as we took , and love , and taste , and praise , And the Fruit grows , the charming Flower decays ; Till all is gather'd , and the wintry blast Moans o'er the place of love and pleasure past . So ' tis with Beauty ...
... sense beguile ; But as we took , and love , and taste , and praise , And the Fruit grows , the charming Flower decays ; Till all is gather'd , and the wintry blast Moans o'er the place of love and pleasure past . So ' tis with Beauty ...
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... sense . Beauty . - Thomson . HER form was fresher than the morning Rose , When the dew wets its leaves ; unstain'd and pure , As is the Lily , or the mountain Snow . Beauty . - Shakspeare . HER lily Hand her rosy Cheek lies under ...
... sense . Beauty . - Thomson . HER form was fresher than the morning Rose , When the dew wets its leaves ; unstain'd and pure , As is the Lily , or the mountain Snow . Beauty . - Shakspeare . HER lily Hand her rosy Cheek lies under ...
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... sense . Beauty . - Jeffrey . BEAUTY That transitory Flower : e'en while it lasts Palls on the roving sense , when held too near , Or dwelling there too long : by fits it pleases ; And smells at distance best : its sweets , familiar By ...
... sense . Beauty . - Jeffrey . BEAUTY That transitory Flower : e'en while it lasts Palls on the roving sense , when held too near , Or dwelling there too long : by fits it pleases ; And smells at distance best : its sweets , familiar By ...
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... sense ; but he alone , who speaks the sentiments that arise from the force of his own mind employed upon the subjects before him , can talk sense . Books.- Longfellow . MANY readers judge of the power of a Book by the shock it gives ...
... sense ; but he alone , who speaks the sentiments that arise from the force of his own mind employed upon the subjects before him , can talk sense . Books.- Longfellow . MANY readers judge of the power of a Book by the shock it gives ...
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