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... YOUNG , Edward , 1684-1765 . Bus . Busiris , King of Egypt . - L of F. Love of Fame.-N. T. Night Thoughts . - Rev . Revenge , a Tragedy . - Bro . The Brothers , a Tragedy . A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS . ABDICATION . I give.
... YOUNG , Edward , 1684-1765 . Bus . Busiris , King of Egypt . - L of F. Love of Fame.-N. T. Night Thoughts . - Rev . Revenge , a Tragedy . - Bro . The Brothers , a Tragedy . A DICTIONARY OF POETICAL QUOTATIONS . ABDICATION . I give.
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... Young , N. T. 9 . Coleridge , Anct . Mar. pt . 2 . To bear affronts , too great to be forgiven , And not have power to punish . Dryden , Sp . Friar . Young men soon forgive , and forget affronts ; Old is slow in both . age A moral ...
... Young , N. T. 9 . Coleridge , Anct . Mar. pt . 2 . To bear affronts , too great to be forgiven , And not have power to punish . Dryden , Sp . Friar . Young men soon forgive , and forget affronts ; Old is slow in both . age A moral ...
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... Young , N. T. IV . What folly can be ranker ? Like our shadows , Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines . We see time's furrows on another's brow , How few themselves in that just mirror , see ! O , sir ! I must not tell my age . Young ...
... Young , N. T. IV . What folly can be ranker ? Like our shadows , Our wishes lengthen as our sun declines . We see time's furrows on another's brow , How few themselves in that just mirror , see ! O , sir ! I must not tell my age . Young ...
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... Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII . Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . Young , N. T. Unnumber'd suppliants crowd preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and ...
... Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII . Contemn'd , it shrinks to nothing in the grasp . Young , N. T. Unnumber'd suppliants crowd preferment's gate , Athirst for wealth , and ...
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... Young . Young And their mean boast of what their fathers were , While they themselves are fools effeminate , The scorn of all who know the worth of mind And virtue . Percival . 20 ANGELS - ANGER . ANGELS - For Angels ' 0 2.
... Young . Young And their mean boast of what their fathers were , While they themselves are fools effeminate , The scorn of all who know the worth of mind And virtue . Percival . 20 ANGELS - ANGER . ANGELS - For Angels ' 0 2.
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