Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... wise ; His pride in reasoning , not in acting , lies . The reputation Of virtuous actions past , if not kept up With an access and fresh supply of new ones , Is lost and soon forgotten . The keen spirit Pope . Denham . Seizes the prompt ...
... wise ; His pride in reasoning , not in acting , lies . The reputation Of virtuous actions past , if not kept up With an access and fresh supply of new ones , Is lost and soon forgotten . The keen spirit Pope . Denham . Seizes the prompt ...
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... wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice , proceeding from a heart Sincerely yours , and free from fraudful art . Sedley . Dryden . O troubled , weak , and ...
... wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice , proceeding from a heart Sincerely yours , and free from fraudful art . Sedley . Dryden . O troubled , weak , and ...
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... wise , The more he's cast down , will the higher rise . Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to lighten all our future days . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ...
... wise , The more he's cast down , will the higher rise . Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to lighten all our future days . Affliction is the wholesome soil of virtue ...
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... wise experience . What is age But the holy place of life , chapel of ease To all men's wearied miseries ? and to rob That of her ornament it is accurst , Rowe . As from a priest to steal a holy vestment , Aye , and convert it to a ...
... wise experience . What is age But the holy place of life , chapel of ease To all men's wearied miseries ? and to rob That of her ornament it is accurst , Rowe . As from a priest to steal a holy vestment , Aye , and convert it to a ...
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... wise . - Shakspere . They are the Registers the chronicles of the age They were made in , and speak the truth of history , Better than a hundred of your printed Communications . They say he sits All day in contemplation of a statue With ...
... wise . - Shakspere . They are the Registers the chronicles of the age They were made in , and speak the truth of history , Better than a hundred of your printed Communications . They say he sits All day in contemplation of a statue With ...
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