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" My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wand'ring fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the... "
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ... - Page 175
by James Boswell - 1807
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Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ...

William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...search no farther than thyself reveal'd; But her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promis'd litt wandering fires, [gone, Follow'd false lights : and, when their glimpse was My pride struck out new...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

James Boswell - 1826 - 444 pages
...search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promis'd never to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd...pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task...
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Memoirs of John Dryden

Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...life : 'i My thoughtless youth was wing'cl with vain desires; Mv manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse...pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame ! » The « vain desires »...
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Memoirs of John Dryden, Volumes 1-2

Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 pages
...commentary, be applied to the state of his religious opinions at different periods of his life : . My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new...
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The miscellaneous prose works of sir Walter Scott, Volume 1

sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 pages
...commentary, be applied to the state of his religious opinions at different periods of his life : " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new...
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Life of Dryden

Walter Scott - 1827 - 566 pages
...commentary, be applied to the state of his religious opinions at different periods of his life : " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires ; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights ; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out new...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies ...

James Boswell - 1827 - 622 pages
...desires ; My manhood long misled by wand'ring fires, Folluw'd false lights ; and when their glimpse waa of nothing. For instance, suppose a man should tell that J I, such by nature still I am; Be thine the glory, and be mine the shame. Good life be now my task :...
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The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Life of John Dryden

Walter Scott - 1829 - 344 pages
...commentary, be applied to the state of his religious opinions at different periods of his life : " My thoughtless youth was wing'd with vain desires; My manhood, long misled by wandering fires, Follow'd false lights; and, when their glimpse was gone, My pride struck out n«w...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1831 - 592 pages
...search no farther than thyself reveal'd ; But Her alone for my director take, Whom thou hast promised never to forsake. My thoughtless youth was wing'd...pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; -i, ' --'i'} • Be thine the glory and be mine the shame. Good life...
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The life of Samuel Johnson ... including A journal of a tour to ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1831 - 584 pages
...forsake. My thoughtless youth was wiug'd with vain desires; My manhood long misled by wand'ring tires, Follow'd false lights ; and when their glimpse was...pride struck out new sparkles of her own. Such was I, such by nature still I am ; He thine the glory and be mine the shame, (iood life be now my task...
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