 ... (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not...  Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Page 851860Full view - About this book
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...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.J Those who have most earnestly inculcated the doctrine of Utility have given another notable... | |
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