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... breast , and with resistless force , O'erbears each gentler motion of the mind . Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . On the summit , see , The seals of office ...
... breast , and with resistless force , O'erbears each gentler motion of the mind . Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they shall still succeed , And still are disappointed . On the summit , see , The seals of office ...
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... breast , Dryden . Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . Pope , E.M.11.131 . Riches , like insects , when conceal'd they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly . Pope , M.E.11.169 . Wealth in the gross is death , but ...
... breast , Dryden . Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . Pope , E.M.11.131 . Riches , like insects , when conceal'd they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly . Pope , M.E.11.169 . Wealth in the gross is death , but ...
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... breast demand the strife , And thirst of glory quells the love of life . A thousand glorious actions , that might claim Triumphant laurels , and immortal fame , Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie , And troops of heroes ...
... breast demand the strife , And thirst of glory quells the love of life . A thousand glorious actions , that might claim Triumphant laurels , and immortal fame , Confus'd in crowds of glorious actions lie , And troops of heroes ...
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... breast The curtain of repose , Stretch the tir'd limbs and lay the head Down to our own delightful bed . BEES . So work the honey - bees ; Creatures , that by a rule in nature , teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom . MS . Dr ...
... breast The curtain of repose , Stretch the tir'd limbs and lay the head Down to our own delightful bed . BEES . So work the honey - bees ; Creatures , that by a rule in nature , teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom . MS . Dr ...
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... breast . Goldsmith , Des . Till . Base worldlings , that despise all such as need ; Who to the needy beggar still are dumb , Not knowing unto what themselves may_come . Heywood , Roy . King . He makes a beggar first , that first ...
... breast . Goldsmith , Des . Till . Base worldlings , that despise all such as need ; Who to the needy beggar still are dumb , Not knowing unto what themselves may_come . Heywood , Roy . King . He makes a beggar first , that first ...
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Aaron Hill Addison bear beauty Ben Jonson bliss brave breast breath bright Butler Byron charms Churchill clouds Cowper death deeds doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools fortune Giaour give glory gold Goldsmith grace grave grief happy hast hate hath heart heaven Herrick Honest Man's Fortune honour hope hour Hudibras human Joanna Baillie Johnson king L'Allegro Lalla Rookh light live looks Lord Love's LOVERS Macb man's mankind MARRIAGE Milton mind Moore nature ne'er never night o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure Pope praise rich shine sigh smile Sophonisba sorrow soul spirit sweet Tamerlane tears thee There's things Thomson thou art thought tongue Troil truth Twill VIII virtue wind wise words wretch Young youth