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... praise . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth reward - vice punishment . Donne Heath , Clar . B. & F. Capt * A beautiful vale eighteen miles from Florence . ACTION - continued . ACTION ADIEU . Some place the B 2.
... praise . Of every noble action , the intent Is to give worth reward - vice punishment . Donne Heath , Clar . B. & F. Capt * A beautiful vale eighteen miles from Florence . ACTION - continued . ACTION ADIEU . Some place the B 2.
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... praise attend , Where glory is our motive , not our end : Wouldst thou be famed ? have those high acts in view , Brave men would act , though scandal would ensue.Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow ...
... praise attend , Where glory is our motive , not our end : Wouldst thou be famed ? have those high acts in view , Brave men would act , though scandal would ensue.Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow ...
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... praise the glowing lustre of thy youth , And fain would see thy great heart reconciled To love the mother of so blest a birth ; For we are one Columbia ; still the same In lineage , language , laws , and ancient fame , The natural ...
... praise the glowing lustre of thy youth , And fain would see thy great heart reconciled To love the mother of so blest a birth ; For we are one Columbia ; still the same In lineage , language , laws , and ancient fame , The natural ...
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... praise : Nor will I borrow merit from the dead , Myself an undeserver . What can ennoble sots , or slaves , or cowards ? Rowe . Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards.Pope , E.M.iv.215 . He stands for fame on his forefather's feet ...
... praise : Nor will I borrow merit from the dead , Myself an undeserver . What can ennoble sots , or slaves , or cowards ? Rowe . Alas ! not all the blood of all the Howards.Pope , E.M.iv.215 . He stands for fame on his forefather's feet ...
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... praise ; Death to his publisher , to him ' tis sport . Byron , D. J. V. 52 . Our doctor thus , with stuff'd sufficiency Of all omnigenous omnisciency , Began ( as who would not begin , That had like him so much within ? ) To let it out ...
... praise ; Death to his publisher , to him ' tis sport . Byron , D. J. V. 52 . Our doctor thus , with stuff'd sufficiency Of all omnigenous omnisciency , Began ( as who would not begin , That had like him so much within ? ) To let it out ...
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