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... JOHNSON , Dr. Samuel , 1709-1781 . Ir . Irene , a Tragedy . - Lond . London , a Poem.-V. H. W. Vanity of Human Wishes . JONES , John , * 1600- * 1660 . Adras . Adrasta , a Tragi - Comedy JONES , Sir William , 1746-1794 . JONSON , Ben ...
... JOHNSON , Dr. Samuel , 1709-1781 . Ir . Irene , a Tragedy . - Lond . London , a Poem.-V. H. W. Vanity of Human Wishes . JONES , John , * 1600- * 1660 . Adras . Adrasta , a Tragi - Comedy JONES , Sir William , 1746-1794 . JONSON , Ben ...
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... Ben Jonson . Herrick , Aph . 245 . Take sound advice , proceeding from the heart Sincerely yours , and free from fraudful art . When things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All ...
... Ben Jonson . Herrick , Aph . 245 . Take sound advice , proceeding from the heart Sincerely yours , and free from fraudful art . When things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All ...
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... Jonson , Cat . Boast not the titles of your ancestors , brave youth ! They're their possessions , none of yours . Ben Jonson . When your own virtues equall'd have their names , " Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are ...
... Jonson , Cat . Boast not the titles of your ancestors , brave youth ! They're their possessions , none of yours . Ben Jonson . When your own virtues equall'd have their names , " Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are ...
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... Ben Jonson , Every Man , 11. 3 . What less than fool is man to prog and plot , And lavish out the cream of all his care , To gain poor seeming goods which , being got , Make firm possession but a thoroughfare ; Or , if they stay , they ...
... Ben Jonson , Every Man , 11. 3 . What less than fool is man to prog and plot , And lavish out the cream of all his care , To gain poor seeming goods which , being got , Make firm possession but a thoroughfare ; Or , if they stay , they ...
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... Ben Jonson , New Inn . Brown , Barbarossa . Is in our power ; and therefore who dares greatly , Does greatly . What though the field be lost , All is not lost ; the ungovernable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage ...
... Ben Jonson , New Inn . Brown , Barbarossa . Is in our power ; and therefore who dares greatly , Does greatly . What though the field be lost , All is not lost ; the ungovernable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage ...
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