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The Lord descended from above And bow'd the heavens high ; And underneath
his feet he cast The darkness of the sky . On cherubs and on cherubims Full
royally he rode ; And on the wings of all the winds Came flying all abroad . A
Metrical ...
The Lord descended from above And bow'd the heavens high ; And underneath
his feet he cast The darkness of the sky . On cherubs and on cherubims Full
royally he rode ; And on the wings of all the winds Came flying all abroad . A
Metrical ...
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Even such is time , that takes in trust Our youth , our joys , our all we have , And
pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave , When we have
wandered all our ways , Shuts up the story of our days . But from this earth , this ...
Even such is time , that takes in trust Our youth , our joys , our all we have , And
pays us but with age and dust ; Who in the dark and silent grave , When we have
wandered all our ways , Shuts up the story of our days . But from this earth , this ...
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2 The soul's dark cottage , batter'd and decay'd , Lets in new light through chinks
that Time has made . WALLER : Verses upon his Divine Poesy . 8 Westward the
course of empire takes its way . – BERKELEY : On the Prospect of Planting Arts ...
2 The soul's dark cottage , batter'd and decay'd , Lets in new light through chinks
that Time has made . WALLER : Verses upon his Divine Poesy . 8 Westward the
course of empire takes its way . – BERKELEY : On the Prospect of Planting Arts ...
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And oftentimes , to win us to our harm , The instruments of darkness tell us truths ,
Win us with honest trifles , to betray's In deepest consequence . Toid . Two truths
are told , As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme . Ibid .
And oftentimes , to win us to our harm , The instruments of darkness tell us truths ,
Win us with honest trifles , to betray's In deepest consequence . Toid . Two truths
are told , As happy prologues to the swelling act Of the imperial theme . Ibid .
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I must become a borrower of the night For a dark hour or twain . Act üi . Sc . 1 . 1
Act ii . sc . 1 in Dyce , Staunton , and White . 2 Act ii . sc . 1 in Dyce and White ; Act
ii . sc . 2 in Staunton . 3 Act ii . sc . 2 in Dyce and White ; Act ii . sc . 3 in Staunton ...
I must become a borrower of the night For a dark hour or twain . Act üi . Sc . 1 . 1
Act ii . sc . 1 in Dyce , Staunton , and White . 2 Act ii . sc . 1 in Dyce and White ; Act
ii . sc . 2 in Staunton . 3 Act ii . sc . 2 in Dyce and White ; Act ii . sc . 3 in Staunton ...
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| Title | Familiar Quotations: a Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
| Compiled by | John Bartlett |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | Little, Brown, and Company, 1894 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Length | 1158 pages |
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