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... Honest Man's Fortune , a Tragi - Comedy . - Loy . Sub . Loyal Subject , a Tragi - Comedy . -Sp . Cu . Spanish Curate , a Comedy . BEAUMONT , Sir John , 1582-1628 . BENJAMIN , Park , ( American ) , 1809-1864 . BICKERSTAFF , Isaac ...
... Honest Man's Fortune , a Tragi - Comedy . - Loy . Sub . Loyal Subject , a Tragi - Comedy . -Sp . Cu . Spanish Curate , a Comedy . BEAUMONT , Sir John , 1582-1628 . BENJAMIN , Park , ( American ) , 1809-1864 . BICKERSTAFF , Isaac ...
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... Honest Man's Fortune . He who tempts , though in vain , at least asperses The tempted with dishonour foul , suppos'd Not incorruptible of faith , not proof Against temptation . The veriest hermit in the nation Milton , P. L. ix . 296 ...
... Honest Man's Fortune . He who tempts , though in vain , at least asperses The tempted with dishonour foul , suppos'd Not incorruptible of faith , not proof Against temptation . The veriest hermit in the nation Milton , P. L. ix . 296 ...
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... Honest Man's Fortune . Honest designs Justly resemble our devotions , Which we must pay , and wait for the reward . Sir Robert Howard , Great Favourite . DESIRE- -sce Disappointment . Had doting Priam checked his son's desire , Troy had ...
... Honest Man's Fortune . Honest designs Justly resemble our devotions , Which we must pay , and wait for the reward . Sir Robert Howard , Great Favourite . DESIRE- -sce Disappointment . Had doting Priam checked his son's desire , Troy had ...
Page 279
... man will not trust : The wind , the sunshine of an April day , And woman's ... fortune's finger To sound what stop she please . Give me that man That is ... honest thought , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . And simple truth his utmost skill ...
... man will not trust : The wind , the sunshine of an April day , And woman's ... fortune's finger To sound what stop she please . Give me that man That is ... honest thought , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . And simple truth his utmost skill ...
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... fortune and of fame ; By those admir'd , those specious villains most , That else had bellow'd out reproach against him . Thomson . Agamemnon . The man who consecrates his hours By vig'rous effort , and an honest aim , At once he draws ...
... fortune and of fame ; By those admir'd , those specious villains most , That else had bellow'd out reproach against him . Thomson . Agamemnon . The man who consecrates his hours By vig'rous effort , and an honest aim , At once he draws ...
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