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... ne'er sit and wail their loss , But cheerly seek how to redress their harms . Take the instant way ; Sh . Mac . 1. 7 . Sh . Hen . VI . pt . 3 , v . 4 . For emulation hath a thousand sons , That one by one pursue : if you give way , Or ...
... ne'er sit and wail their loss , But cheerly seek how to redress their harms . Take the instant way ; Sh . Mac . 1. 7 . Sh . Hen . VI . pt . 3 , v . 4 . For emulation hath a thousand sons , That one by one pursue : if you give way , Or ...
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... ne'er found his equal ? Or which the nation that can boast a chief Who still return'd victorious from the field ? To exult , Even o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is the mask And the mean triumph of a ...
... ne'er found his equal ? Or which the nation that can boast a chief Who still return'd victorious from the field ? To exult , Even o'er an enemy oppressed , and heap Affliction on the afflicted , is the mask And the mean triumph of a ...
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... ne'er make right By sorrow or by tears . ANGLING . The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream , Byron , D. J. Byron , Doge V. Eliza Cook . And greedily devour the treacherous bait . Sh . M. Ado ...
... ne'er make right By sorrow or by tears . ANGLING . The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish Cut with her golden oars the silver stream , Byron , D. J. Byron , Doge V. Eliza Cook . And greedily devour the treacherous bait . Sh . M. Ado ...
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... ne'er a nose ; and dotes on the decay , Sh . M. Ven . IV . 1 . With greater love than the self - loved Narcissus Did on his beauty . What toil did honest Curio take , What strict inquiries did he make , To get one medal wanting yet ...
... ne'er a nose ; and dotes on the decay , Sh . M. Ven . IV . 1 . With greater love than the self - loved Narcissus Did on his beauty . What toil did honest Curio take , What strict inquiries did he make , To get one medal wanting yet ...
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... ne'er forgot , Solemnity's a cover for a sot , I find the fool when I behold the screen , For ' t is the wise man's interest to be seen . ASCEND . What star I know not , but some star I find , Has given thee an ascendant o'er my mind ...
... ne'er forgot , Solemnity's a cover for a sot , I find the fool when I behold the screen , For ' t is the wise man's interest to be seen . ASCEND . What star I know not , but some star I find , Has given thee an ascendant o'er my mind ...
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