Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Page 11
... death - bed like the meanest slave : Who reasons wisely is not therefore 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 ...
... death - bed like the meanest slave : Who reasons wisely is not therefore 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 ...
Page 21
... death - bed , and conceals Its own despair with words of faith and hope . Life hath nought else that may supply its place ; Void is ambition , cold is vanity , And wealth an empty glitter without love . Miss Landon . Oh ! there is one ...
... death - bed , and conceals Its own despair with words of faith and hope . Life hath nought else that may supply its place ; Void is ambition , cold is vanity , And wealth an empty glitter without love . Miss Landon . Oh ! there is one ...
Page 31
... death unseen Following his track , ( such was the will of heaven ! ) Paved after him a broad and beaten way . Milton . And God made two great lights , great for their use To man ; the greater to have rule by day , The less by night ...
... death unseen Following his track , ( such was the will of heaven ! ) Paved after him a broad and beaten way . Milton . And God made two great lights , great for their use To man ; the greater to have rule by day , The less by night ...
Page 32
... death of woe . Smith . Thomson . AMBITION . CROMWELL , I charge thee , fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels ; how can man , then , The image of his Maker , hope to win by ' t . I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent ...
... death of woe . Smith . Thomson . AMBITION . CROMWELL , I charge thee , fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels ; how can man , then , The image of his Maker , hope to win by ' t . I have no spur To prick the sides of my intent ...
Page 33
... death , like chessmen , having stood In play for bishops some , for knights , and pawns , We all together shall be tumbled up Into one bag . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Old Play , 1601 , Great minds are carried only to extremes ...
... death , like chessmen , having stood In play for bishops some , for knights , and pawns , We all together shall be tumbled up Into one bag . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Old Play , 1601 , Great minds are carried only to extremes ...
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