Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... pains to collect for his pleasure and edification . We do not , like a certain old author named Lyly , present to our readers " a mingle - mangle , " and hope to be excused " because the whole world has become a hotch - potch , " but a ...
... pains to collect for his pleasure and edification . We do not , like a certain old author named Lyly , present to our readers " a mingle - mangle , " and hope to be excused " because the whole world has become a hotch - potch , " but a ...
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... pain ? Absence , the best expedient they could find , Might save the fortune , if not spare the mind . Dryden . Though I am forced thus to absent myself From all I love , I shall contrive some means , Some friendly intervals to visit ...
... pain ? Absence , the best expedient they could find , Might save the fortune , if not spare the mind . Dryden . Though I am forced thus to absent myself From all I love , I shall contrive some means , Some friendly intervals to visit ...
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... pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Egone . Crabbe . Prior . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast life's brightest pearl away , And , false one , breathe my ...
... pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Egone . Crabbe . Prior . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast life's brightest pearl away , And , false one , breathe my ...
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... pain , As much or more we should ourselves complain . By adversity are wrought The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown , Out of distress and misery are grown . Shakspere . What , if he hath decreed that I ...
... pain , As much or more we should ourselves complain . By adversity are wrought The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown , Out of distress and misery are grown . Shakspere . What , if he hath decreed that I ...
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... pain brings is worn away , they then Embrace oppression straight , with such Obedient cheerfulness , as if it came From heaven , not man . Sir William Davenant . Perfumes , the more they're chafed , the more they render Their pleasant ...
... pain brings is worn away , they then Embrace oppression straight , with such Obedient cheerfulness , as if it came From heaven , not man . Sir William Davenant . Perfumes , the more they're chafed , the more they render Their pleasant ...
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