The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... once shown to her , and though but younger sisters , seize upon the elder's birthright . Yet , however this art may be neglected by the powerful , it is still in greater danger from the mistaken efforts of the learned to improve it ...
... once shown to her , and though but younger sisters , seize upon the elder's birthright . Yet , however this art may be neglected by the powerful , it is still in greater danger from the mistaken efforts of the learned to improve it ...
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... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once ...
... once infected with this disease , it can only find pleasure in what contributes to increase the distemper . Like the tiger , that seldom desists from pursuing man after having once preyed upon human flesh , the reader , who has once ...
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... once bore sway , Defac'd by time and tottering in decay , There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The shelter - seeking peasant builds his shed , And , wond'ring man could want the larger pile , Exults , and owns his cottage with a ...
... once bore sway , Defac'd by time and tottering in decay , There in the ruin , heedless of the dead , The shelter - seeking peasant builds his shed , And , wond'ring man could want the larger pile , Exults , and owns his cottage with a ...
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... once a year , In wild excess the vulgar breast takes fire , Till , buried in debauch , the bliss expire . But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement stops , from ...
... once a year , In wild excess the vulgar breast takes fire , Till , buried in debauch , the bliss expire . But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow : Their morals , like their pleasures , are but low , For , as refinement stops , from ...
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... To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . 240 250 260 270 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd ∞ OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
... To boast one splendid banquet once a year ; The mind still turns where shifting fashion draws , Nor weighs the solid worth of self - applause . 240 250 260 270 280 To men of other minds my fancy flies , Embosom'd ∞ OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
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