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... grief hath known , Of hope laid waste , knells in that word - alone ! ALPINE TRAVEL . Massinger . New Timon . Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase , And marvel men should quit their easy chair , The toilsome way , and long ...
... grief hath known , Of hope laid waste , knells in that word - alone ! ALPINE TRAVEL . Massinger . New Timon . Though sluggards deem it but a foolish chase , And marvel men should quit their easy chair , The toilsome way , and long ...
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... grief , And run to meet what he would most avoid ? To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched , And count their chickens ere they're hatched . ANTIPATHY . Some men there are love not a gaping pig ; Some that are mad if they behold a cat ...
... grief , And run to meet what he would most avoid ? To swallow gudgeons ere they're catched , And count their chickens ere they're hatched . ANTIPATHY . Some men there are love not a gaping pig ; Some that are mad if they behold a cat ...
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... grief has little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . Byron , Corsair . Southey . How little do they see what is , who fame Their hasty judgments upon that ...
... grief has little left to learn ; And many a withering thought lies hid , not lost , In smiles that least befit , who wears them most . Byron , Corsair . Southey . How little do they see what is , who fame Their hasty judgments upon that ...
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... Jonson , Sil . Wo.1.1 . Beauty's our grief , but in the ore We mint , we stamp , and then adore ; Like heathens we the image crown , And indiscreetly then fall down . W. Cartwright . BEAUTY - continued . BEAUTY . Die when you will.
... Jonson , Sil . Wo.1.1 . Beauty's our grief , but in the ore We mint , we stamp , and then adore ; Like heathens we the image crown , And indiscreetly then fall down . W. Cartwright . BEAUTY - continued . BEAUTY . Die when you will.
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... age ! Light , the prime work of God , to me's extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annull'd , which might in part my grief have eas'd . Ib . S. .1 . BLINDNESS - BLUNTNESS . BLINDNESS - continued . Thus with.
... age ! Light , the prime work of God , to me's extinct , And all her various objects of delight Annull'd , which might in part my grief have eas'd . Ib . S. .1 . BLINDNESS - BLUNTNESS . BLINDNESS - continued . Thus with.
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