Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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... honour ; good alone Is good , without a name ; vilenefs is fo : The property , by what it is , fhould go , Not by the title . She is young , wife , fair ; In thefe , to nature the's immediate heir ; And thefe breed honour : That is honour's ...
... honour ; good alone Is good , without a name ; vilenefs is fo : The property , by what it is , fhould go , Not by the title . She is young , wife , fair ; In thefe , to nature the's immediate heir ; And thefe breed honour : That is honour's ...
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... Honour . Here's a do , To lock up honesty and honour from The access of gentle vifitors . The Silence of Innocence eloquent . The filence often of pure innocence Perfuades , when speaking fails . Affectionate Child . To fee his ...
... Honour . Here's a do , To lock up honesty and honour from The access of gentle vifitors . The Silence of Innocence eloquent . The filence often of pure innocence Perfuades , when speaking fails . Affectionate Child . To fee his ...
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... honour loft , Heap'd up in youth , and hoarded up for age : Has Honour's fountain then fuck'd back the Itream ? He has ; and hooting - boys may dry - fhod pafs , And gather pebbles from the naked ford . Give me my love , my honour ...
... honour loft , Heap'd up in youth , and hoarded up for age : Has Honour's fountain then fuck'd back the Itream ? He has ; and hooting - boys may dry - fhod pafs , And gather pebbles from the naked ford . Give me my love , my honour ...
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