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Select lessons in prose and verse, from various authors, to which are added ... - Page 102
by Select lessons - 1785
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The Pursuits of Literature: A Satirical Poem in Four Dialogues. With Notes

Thomas James Mathias - English literature - 1803 - 614 pages
...Nature, Gray, and Cook seem to contend for the mastery ; but above all in that great stanza ; " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, " And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, " Await alike the inevitable hour; " The paths of glory lead but to the grave." GRAY. AX*P'r...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...obscure ; Nor grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty...lead but to the grave. Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , If Mem'ry o'er their tombs no trophies raise , Where thro' the long-drawn isle, and...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn aisle and...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 7

Great Britain - 1804 - 508 pages
...(hört and umple annals of the poor. The boall of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' ¡¡inevitable hour, The paths of glory lead buc to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to thefe the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies...
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The Looking-glass for the Mind: Or The Juvenile Friend

Berquin (M., Arnaud) - Children's stories, French - 1805 - 294 pages
...their ufeful toil, Their homely joys, and delliny obfcure ; Nor grandeur hear -with a difdainful fmile, The fhort and fimple annals of the poor. The boaft...alike, th' inevitable hour; The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Full many a gem, ofpureft ray ferene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry

Elegant extracts - 1805 - 1054 pages
...(hort and (irn;'le unnals of the pour. The boaft of heraldry, the pomp of powV, And nil that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, th' inevitable hour ; The paths of plory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to thefe the fault, If mem ry o'er their tomb...
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The Speaker, Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
...Grandeur hear with a difdainful fmile, The lliort and fimp!e annals of the poor. MS The The boaft'of Heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await aJike th' inevitable hour, The paihs of glory lead but to the grave. JCor you, ye...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...obscure; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile The short and simple annals of the pocr. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud ! impute to these the fault, If Mern'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where, thro' the long-drawn aisle and...
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The Beauties of the Poets: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry

Poetry - 1806 - 330 pages
...See Heav'n its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day ! 141 The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty,...of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, to these impute the fault, If mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th' inevitable...lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye Proud, impute to These the fault, If Mem'ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where thro' the long-drawn isle and fretted...
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