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... HILL , Aaron , 1685-1750 . Gen. Conq . Generous Conqueror , a HILLHOUSE , James A. ( American ) , 1789-1841 . HOFFMAN , Charles Fenno , ( American ) , 1806 — living . HOGG , James , 1772-1835 . HOLMES , Oliver Wendell , ( American ) ...
... HILL , Aaron , 1685-1750 . Gen. Conq . Generous Conqueror , a HILLHOUSE , James A. ( American ) , 1789-1841 . HOFFMAN , Charles Fenno , ( American ) , 1806 — living . HOGG , James , 1772-1835 . HOLMES , Oliver Wendell , ( American ) ...
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... Aaron Hill . Aaron Hill . Around that neck what dross are gold and pearl ! Young , Bu . What's female beauty , but an air divine , Through which the mind's all - gentle graces shine ? They , like the sun , irradiate all between ; The ...
... Aaron Hill . Aaron Hill . Around that neck what dross are gold and pearl ! Young , Bu . What's female beauty , but an air divine , Through which the mind's all - gentle graces shine ? They , like the sun , irradiate all between ; The ...
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... Aaron Hill . Young , N. T. A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth , Without one fool or flatterer at your board , Without one hour of sickness or disgust . Armstrong , A. P. H. CHARITY - continued . CHARITY - CHEATING , True charity.
... Aaron Hill . Young , N. T. A thousand ways to waste superfluous wealth , Without one fool or flatterer at your board , Without one hour of sickness or disgust . Armstrong , A. P. H. CHARITY - continued . CHARITY - CHEATING , True charity.
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... Aaron Hill . As lamps burn silent , with unconscious light , So modest ease in beauty shines most bright ; Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall , And she who means no mischief does it all . Ease leads to habit , as success to ease ...
... Aaron Hill . As lamps burn silent , with unconscious light , So modest ease in beauty shines most bright ; Unaiming charms with edge resistless fall , And she who means no mischief does it all . Ease leads to habit , as success to ease ...
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... Aaron Hill . Pope , Rape . But a mere livelihood alone . Butler , Hudibras . Go , miser ! go ; for lucre sell thy soul ; Truck wares for wares , and trudge from pole to pole , That men may say , when thou art dead and gone , See what a ...
... Aaron Hill . Pope , Rape . But a mere livelihood alone . Butler , Hudibras . Go , miser ! go ; for lucre sell thy soul ; Truck wares for wares , and trudge from pole to pole , That men may say , when thou art dead and gone , See what a ...
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