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... in clouds their snowy scalps , And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow ! - All that expands the spirit , yet appals , ALPS - AMBITION . 15 ALPS - continued .
... in clouds their snowy scalps , And thron'd eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity , where forms and falls The avalanche - the thunderbolt of snow ! - All that expands the spirit , yet appals , ALPS - AMBITION . 15 ALPS - continued .
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... spirit in the world , That causes all the ebbs and flows of nations , Keeps mankind sweet by action : without that , 17 Pope , Es . M. The world would be a filthy settled mud . Crowne , Amb . Statesm . Oh , were I seated high as my ...
... spirit in the world , That causes all the ebbs and flows of nations , Keeps mankind sweet by action : without that , 17 Pope , Es . M. The world would be a filthy settled mud . Crowne , Amb . Statesm . Oh , were I seated high as my ...
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... spirits , Than now the English bottoms have wait o'er , Did never float upon the swelling tide . Remember whom you are to cope withal A sort of vagabonds , rascals , and run - aways , A scum of Bretagnes , and base lackey peasants ...
... spirits , Than now the English bottoms have wait o'er , Did never float upon the swelling tide . Remember whom you are to cope withal A sort of vagabonds , rascals , and run - aways , A scum of Bretagnes , and base lackey peasants ...
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... spirit of his In aspiration lifts him from the earth . Longings sublime , and aspirations high . ASSURANCE . I'll make assurance double sure , And take a bond of fate . ASTONISHMENT - see Amazement . Surprise . Fear . It is the part of ...
... spirit of his In aspiration lifts him from the earth . Longings sublime , and aspirations high . ASSURANCE . I'll make assurance double sure , And take a bond of fate . ASTONISHMENT - see Amazement . Surprise . Fear . It is the part of ...
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... spirit have so fair a house , Good things will strive to dwell with it . Sh . Temp . 1. 2 . And as the bright sun glorifies the sky , So is her face illumin'd by her eye . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whose red and white Nature's own ...
... spirit have so fair a house , Good things will strive to dwell with it . Sh . Temp . 1. 2 . And as the bright sun glorifies the sky , So is her face illumin'd by her eye . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whose red and white Nature's own ...
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