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Page vii
... youths , who rivalled each other in spicing their conversation with scraps of poetry , sometimes Latin , but oftener English ; and one of them , who had an extraordinary memory , never failed to be profuse in this kind of embellishment ...
... youths , who rivalled each other in spicing their conversation with scraps of poetry , sometimes Latin , but oftener English ; and one of them , who had an extraordinary memory , never failed to be profuse in this kind of embellishment ...
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... youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , Will be a tatter'd weed , of small worth held . Of no distemper , of no blast he died , Sh . Rom . v . 1 . But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long , Even wonder'd at because he dropt no ...
... youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , Will be a tatter'd weed , of small worth held . Of no distemper , of no blast he died , Sh . Rom . v . 1 . But fell like autumn fruit that mellow'd long , Even wonder'd at because he dropt no ...
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... 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 nobility of earth . Thou , O , my ...
... 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 nobility of earth . Thou , O , my ...
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... youth ! They're their possessions , none of yours . Ben Jonson . When your own virtues equall'd have their names , " Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are strong supporters ; but till then , The greatest are but ...
... youth ! They're their possessions , none of yours . Ben Jonson . When your own virtues equall'd have their names , " Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames , For they are strong supporters ; but till then , The greatest are but ...
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... shape was like the aerial bows , Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth , Mounting at times to a transparent glow , As if her veins ran lightning . Ibid . 1. 61 . BEAUTY . - continued . BEAUTY She walks in beauty.
... shape was like the aerial bows , Her cheek all purple with the beam of youth , Mounting at times to a transparent glow , As if her veins ran lightning . Ibid . 1. 61 . BEAUTY . - continued . BEAUTY She walks in beauty.
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Aaron Hill Addison bear beauty Ben Jonson bliss brave breast breath bright Butler Byron charms Churchill clouds Cowper death deeds doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools fortune Giaour give glory gold Goldsmith grace grave grief happy hast hate hath heart heaven Herrick Honest Man's Fortune honour hope hour Hudibras human Joanna Baillie Johnson king L'Allegro Lalla Rookh light live looks Lord Love's LOVERS Macb man's mankind MARRIAGE Milton mind Moore nature ne'er never night o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure Pope praise rich shine sigh smile Sophonisba sorrow soul spirit sweet Tamerlane tears thee There's things Thomson thou art thought tongue Troil truth Twill VIII virtue wind wise words wretch Young youth