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... doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see Promptitude . A willing heart adds feather to the heel , And makes the clown a winged Mercury . ALARM . Jo ...
... doth sustain my house ; you take my life , When you do take the means whereby I live . Sh . M. V. rv . 1 . ALACRITY - see Promptitude . A willing heart adds feather to the heel , And makes the clown a winged Mercury . ALARM . Jo ...
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... doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion would I shake the world . You are yoked with a lamb , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . Sh . K. John , III . 4 . That carries anger as the flint bears fire ...
... doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion would I shake the world . You are yoked with a lamb , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . Sh . K. John , III . 4 . That carries anger as the flint bears fire ...
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... doth rebate and blunt his natural edge 23 33333 With profits of the mind , study and fast . Sh . M. for M. 1. 5 . APPARITION . They gather round , and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition , tall and ghostly , That walks at dead of ...
... doth rebate and blunt his natural edge 23 33333 With profits of the mind , study and fast . Sh . M. for M. 1. 5 . APPARITION . They gather round , and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition , tall and ghostly , That walks at dead of ...
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... Doth oft close in pollution , yet of thee I will believe , thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character . That gloomy outside , like a rusty chest , Contains the shining treasure of a soul Resolv'd and brave . Sh ...
... Doth oft close in pollution , yet of thee I will believe , thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character . That gloomy outside , like a rusty chest , Contains the shining treasure of a soul Resolv'd and brave . Sh ...
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... no bush below ; Marry a little wool , as much as an unripe Peach doth wear : Dryden . Sh . Troil . 1. 2 . Just enough to speak him drawing towards a man . Suckling , Goblins , BEARD - continued . BEARD - BEAUTY . His tawny.
... no bush below ; Marry a little wool , as much as an unripe Peach doth wear : Dryden . Sh . Troil . 1. 2 . Just enough to speak him drawing towards a man . Suckling , Goblins , BEARD - continued . BEARD - BEAUTY . His tawny.
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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