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... mind . Thou thread , thou thimble , Sh . Com . Er . IV . 2 . • Thou yard , three - quarters , half - yard , quarter , nail , Thou flea , thou nit , thou winter cricket thou : - Away , thou rag , thou quantity , thou remnant . ACCIDENT ...
... mind . Thou thread , thou thimble , Sh . Com . Er . IV . 2 . • Thou yard , three - quarters , half - yard , quarter , nail , Thou flea , thou nit , thou winter cricket thou : - Away , thou rag , thou quantity , thou remnant . ACCIDENT ...
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... mind turns fool , before the cheek is dry . Affliction is the good man's shining scene ; Prosperity conceals his brightest ray ; As night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . He went , like one that hath been stunn'd , And is of sense ...
... mind turns fool , before the cheek is dry . Affliction is the good man's shining scene ; Prosperity conceals his brightest ray ; As night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . He went , like one that hath been stunn'd , And is of sense ...
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... mind . Shall our pale , wither'd hands , be still stretch'd out , Trembling , at once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice , and convulsions , grasping hard ? Grasping at air ; for what has earth beside ? Man wants but little ; not ...
... mind . Shall our pale , wither'd hands , be still stretch'd out , Trembling , at once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice , and convulsions , grasping hard ? Grasping at air ; for what has earth beside ? Man wants but little ; not ...
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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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... 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 night , or takes his stand O'er some new - open'd grave , and ...
... 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 night , or takes his stand O'er some new - open'd grave , and ...
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