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... happy - need I now ? Frowde , Sa. Smollett , Reg . Crabbe . Byron , Giacur Of all the horrid , hideous notes of woe , Sadder than owl - songs on the midnight blast , Is that portentous phrase , " I told you so , " Utter'd by friends ...
... happy - need I now ? Frowde , Sa. Smollett , Reg . Crabbe . Byron , Giacur Of all the horrid , hideous notes of woe , Sadder than owl - songs on the midnight blast , Is that portentous phrase , " I told you so , " Utter'd by friends ...
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... happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries , And suffer crimes thou wanst the power to punish : Be ...
... happy , thinks himself more wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state , And that advice seems best which comes too late . Learn to dissemble wrongs , to smile at injuries , And suffer crimes thou wanst the power to punish : Be ...
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... happy lot ! Pope . Shak , Marmion , Antiq . " T is bought , locked up , and lies forgot ! Prior , Alma , c . 2 . How his eyes languish ! how his thoughts adore That painted coat , which Joseph never wore ! He shews , on holidays , a ...
... happy lot ! Pope . Shak , Marmion , Antiq . " T is bought , locked up , and lies forgot ! Prior , Alma , c . 2 . How his eyes languish ! how his thoughts adore That painted coat , which Joseph never wore ! He shews , on holidays , a ...
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... happy hours pass'd by us unperceived ; So was my soul fix'd to the soft enchantment . AUCTIONEER . And much more honest , to be hired , and stand With auctionary hammer in thy hand , Provoking to give more , and knocking thrice , For ...
... happy hours pass'd by us unperceived ; So was my soul fix'd to the soft enchantment . AUCTIONEER . And much more honest , to be hired , and stand With auctionary hammer in thy hand , Provoking to give more , and knocking thrice , For ...
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... happy time , Best portion of the various year , in which Nature rejoiceth , smiling on her works , Lovely , to full perfection wrought . ' Tis past ! no more the Summer blooms ! Ascending in the rear , Behold , congenial Autumn comes ...
... happy time , Best portion of the various year , in which Nature rejoiceth , smiling on her works , Lovely , to full perfection wrought . ' Tis past ! no more the Summer blooms ! Ascending in the rear , Behold , congenial Autumn comes ...
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