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... or perhaps follows an opinion begun by the practice of some poet , upon the
facility of some people ; who knowing the time when an eclipse would happen ,
told them he would by his charms call down the moon at such an hour , and was
by ...
... or perhaps follows an opinion begun by the practice of some poet , upon the
facility of some people ; who knowing the time when an eclipse would happen ,
told them he would by his charms call down the moon at such an hour , and was
by ...
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Hence it is we have not an hour of life In which our pleasures relish not some
pain , Our sours some sweetness . Love does taste of both ; Revenge , that thirsty
dropsy of our souls , Which makes us covet that which hurts us most , Is not alone
...
Hence it is we have not an hour of life In which our pleasures relish not some
pain , Our sours some sweetness . Love does taste of both ; Revenge , that thirsty
dropsy of our souls , Which makes us covet that which hurts us most , Is not alone
...
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My brain , methinks , is like an hour - glass , Wherein m ' imaginations run like
sands . Filling up time ; but then are turned , and turn ' d So that I know not what to
stay upon , And less to put in act . Ben . Johnson LXXIV . Who can tell whether ...
My brain , methinks , is like an hour - glass , Wherein m ' imaginations run like
sands . Filling up time ; but then are turned , and turn ' d So that I know not what to
stay upon , And less to put in act . Ben . Johnson LXXIV . Who can tell whether ...
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I will be content to be declared infamous , if I do not , to the last hour of my life , at
all times , in all places , and upon all occasions , exert every power with which I
either am or ever shall be legally invested , in order to obtain and maintain , for ...
I will be content to be declared infamous , if I do not , to the last hour of my life , at
all times , in all places , and upon all occasions , exert every power with which I
either am or ever shall be legally invested , in order to obtain and maintain , for ...
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CCIX , Parent of wicked , bane of honest deeds , Pernicious flattry , thy malignant
seeds In an ill hour , and by a fatal hand , Sadly diffused o ' er virtue ' s gleby land
, With rising pride amidst the corn appear , And choke the hopes and harvest of ...
CCIX , Parent of wicked , bane of honest deeds , Pernicious flattry , thy malignant
seeds In an ill hour , and by a fatal hand , Sadly diffused o ' er virtue ' s gleby land
, With rising pride amidst the corn appear , And choke the hopes and harvest of ...
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Page 300 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 15 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 112 - But he cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner...
Page 288 - MAY MORNING. Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail, bounteous May, that dost inspire Mirth, and youth, and warm desire ; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish thee long.
Page 89 - While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such, a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 284 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...
Page 252 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.
Page 244 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 243 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew: fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 98 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
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| Title | Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors Volume 3 of Laconics; or, The best words of the best authors [ed. by J. Timbs]. 1st Amer. ed, John Timbs |
| Authors | Laconics, John Timbs |
| Editor | John Timbs |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea, & Carey, 1829 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 5 Jan 2007 |
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