 t depends Not on the number, but the choice of friends. Books should, not business, entertain the light, And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted...  The Merry Monarch - Page 100by W. H. Davenport Adams - 1885Full view - About this book
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...No. 3. " This only grant me, that my means may He Too low for envy, for contempt too high. * * * * Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well, /tctcO runs his race. — Covlty. THERE is a natural propensity in mankind to feel a greater degree... | |
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...as death, the night. My house, a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With nature's hand,...art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sahine field. These unbought sports, this happy state, I would not fear, nor wish my fate ; But boldly... | |
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...as death, the night, My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be For all my use, no Anchises' line, May thy brimmed waves for this Their full tribute never mi yirM Horace might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double my life's fading space ; For he, that... | |
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...as death, the night, My house a cottage more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...And in this true delight — These unbought sports, that happy state — I would not fear nor wish my fate, But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my... | |
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...the night. ', ' My house a cottage more Than palace ; and should fitting be ' " i For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...delight, These unbought sports, this happy state, ', ! v ' ) I would not fear, nor wish, my fate ; But boldly say each night, To-morrow let my sun his... | |
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...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...might envy in his Sabine field. Thus would I double vny life's fading space, For he that runs it well, twice runs his race. And in this true delight, These... | |
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...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...pleasures yield Horace might envy in his Sabine field." Charles James Wright, Esq., banker, Nottingham, son of the distinguished translator of Dante, (who... | |
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...as death, the night. My house a cottage, more Than palace, and should fitting be For all my use, no luxury. My garden painted o'er With Nature's hand,...Art's ; and pleasures yield, Horace might envy in his Sabinc field. NI. Thus would I double my life's fading space, For he that runs it well twice runs his... | |
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