Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... king , Alack ! what mischiefs might he set abroach , In shadow of such greatness . Little knows Any but God alone to value right Shakspere . The good before him , but perverts best things To worst abuses , or to their meanest use ...
... king , Alack ! what mischiefs might he set abroach , In shadow of such greatness . Little knows Any but God alone to value right Shakspere . The good before him , but perverts best things To worst abuses , or to their meanest use ...
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... kings . Herrick . If things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice ...
... kings . Herrick . If things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice ...
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... its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . D Gay . 34 AMBITION . Ah ! why will kings forget that AMBITION . 33.
... its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . D Gay . 34 AMBITION . Ah ! why will kings forget that AMBITION . 33.
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... king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The same their occupation and success . Cowper . Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone ; Soft female hearts the rude invader own . But there ...
... king's shoulder - knot and gay cockade ; Clothe the twin brethren in each other's dress , The same their occupation and success . Cowper . Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone ; Soft female hearts the rude invader own . But there ...
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... kings ambitious fight . What odds ? to us ' t is all the self - same thing , A nut , a world , a squirrel , and a king . Churchill . Thus mad ambition prompts to desperate deeds , And for a phantom thus a nation bleeds . Macdonald . The ...
... kings ambitious fight . What odds ? to us ' t is all the self - same thing , A nut , a world , a squirrel , and a king . Churchill . Thus mad ambition prompts to desperate deeds , And for a phantom thus a nation bleeds . Macdonald . The ...
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