Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres , and shouting crowds , Tickell . And made even thick - lipped , musing melancholy To gather up her face into a smile , Before she was aware . Actors I've seen , and of no vulgar name ...
... look and gesture was a joke To clapping theatres , and shouting crowds , Tickell . And made even thick - lipped , musing melancholy To gather up her face into a smile , Before she was aware . Actors I've seen , and of no vulgar name ...
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... howsoever high thou art In rank or station , so to bend and meet Thy fellow - creatures with a kindly word , And gracious look of affability . Egone . 20 20 AFFECTION . AFFECTION . WE pour out our ADVOCATE . AERIAL . AFFABILITY . 19.
... howsoever high thou art In rank or station , so to bend and meet Thy fellow - creatures with a kindly word , And gracious look of affability . Egone . 20 20 AFFECTION . AFFECTION . WE pour out our ADVOCATE . AERIAL . AFFABILITY . 19.
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... us ; ' Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . Addison . I still shall wait Some new hereafter , and a future state . Prior . 24 AGE . We look before and after , And AFFRONT . 23 AFTER .
... us ; ' Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter , And intimates eternity to man . Addison . I still shall wait Some new hereafter , and a future state . Prior . 24 AGE . We look before and after , And AFFRONT . 23 AFTER .
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Henry Gardiner ADAMS. 24 AGE . We look before and after , And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some ... look to have ; but , in their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep , mouth - honour , breath , Which the poor heart ...
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. 24 AGE . We look before and after , And pine for what is not ; Our sincerest laughter With some ... look to have ; but , in their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep , mouth - honour , breath , Which the poor heart ...
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... looks for beauty in the years to come ; But age , like double - fronted Janus , looks All ways , and ponders wisely on the past . - Procter . Bid me not trust her hoary parent's smile ! I cannot , for I read foul falsehoods there . Oh ...
... looks for beauty in the years to come ; But age , like double - fronted Janus , looks All ways , and ponders wisely on the past . - Procter . Bid me not trust her hoary parent's smile ! I cannot , for I read foul falsehoods there . Oh ...
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