 Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad.' ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in, stones, and good in every...  The works of Shakespear [ed. by H. Blair], in which the beauties observed by ... - Page 231by William Shakespeare - 1769Full view - About this book
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