Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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Page 102
... pride of a superior , or provoked by the ingratitude of a friend . And as animosities are apt to ruffle the temper , and suspicions to poison the mind , and cause imaginary fears ; as the artful and designing seem to surround you on ...
... pride of a superior , or provoked by the ingratitude of a friend . And as animosities are apt to ruffle the temper , and suspicions to poison the mind , and cause imaginary fears ; as the artful and designing seem to surround you on ...
Page 290
... pride and state ; No monarchs share my kind embrace , There's scarce a monarch knows my face : Content shuns courts , and oft'ner dwells With modest worth in rural cells ; There's no complaint though brown the bread , Or the rude turf ...
... pride and state ; No monarchs share my kind embrace , There's scarce a monarch knows my face : Content shuns courts , and oft'ner dwells With modest worth in rural cells ; There's no complaint though brown the bread , Or the rude turf ...
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... pride and passion point the sting . Life is a sea where storms must rise , ' Tis folly talks of cloudless skies : He who contracts his swelling sail Eludes the fury of the gale . Be still , nor anxious thoughts employ , Distrust ...
... pride and passion point the sting . Life is a sea where storms must rise , ' Tis folly talks of cloudless skies : He who contracts his swelling sail Eludes the fury of the gale . Be still , nor anxious thoughts employ , Distrust ...
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