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Page 15
... But poison'd flattery . Shakspere . I care not to be like the Horeb calf , One day
adored , the next pasht all in pieces , Nor do I envy Polyphemian puffs , Switzer's
sloped greatness . I adore the sun , Yet love to live within a temperate zone .
... But poison'd flattery . Shakspere . I care not to be like the Horeb calf , One day
adored , the next pasht all in pieces , Nor do I envy Polyphemian puffs , Switzer's
sloped greatness . I adore the sun , Yet love to live within a temperate zone .
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WHERE those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered , In regions
mild of calm and serene air . Milton . The gifts of heaven my following song
pursues , Aerial honey and ambrosial dews . Dryden , from Virgil . From all that
can ...
WHERE those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered , In regions
mild of calm and serene air . Milton . The gifts of heaven my following song
pursues , Aerial honey and ambrosial dews . Dryden , from Virgil . From all that
can ...
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In alms regard thy means , and others ' merit ; Think heaven a better bargain ,
than to give Only thy single market - money for it . Join hands with God to make a
man to live . Give to all something , to a good poor man , Till thou change names
...
In alms regard thy means , and others ' merit ; Think heaven a better bargain ,
than to give Only thy single market - money for it . Join hands with God to make a
man to live . Give to all something , to a good poor man , Till thou change names
...
Page 36
In some , ambition is the chief concern ; For this they languish and for this they
burn ; For this they smile , for this alone they sigh ; For this they live , for this
would freely die . And man , the image of his God , is found , Just for an empty
name , an ...
In some , ambition is the chief concern ; For this they languish and for this they
burn ; For this they smile , for this alone they sigh ; For this they live , for this
would freely die . And man , the image of his God , is found , Just for an empty
name , an ...
Page 49
... And pure reflection yields to selfish sense . — Darwin . Alas ! our carnal
appetites are still The ministers to our unruly will ; Unchecked , unbridled unto
them we give The reins , and do like brutes that perish live , In sensual joys and
pleasures ...
... And pure reflection yields to selfish sense . — Darwin . Alas ! our carnal
appetites are still The ministers to our unruly will ; Unchecked , unbridled unto
them we give The reins , and do like brutes that perish live , In sensual joys and
pleasures ...
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| Title | Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. Adams |
| Author | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Editor | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Publisher | Robert Forrester, 1865 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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