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But to admit these simply on their own merits , without assurance that the general
reader would readily recognize them as old friends , was aside from the purpose
of this collection . Still , it has been thought better to incur the risk of erring on ...
But to admit these simply on their own merits , without assurance that the general
reader would readily recognize them as old friends , was aside from the purpose
of this collection . Still , it has been thought better to incur the risk of erring on ...
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An Elegie ; or Friend's Passion for his Astrophill.1 Was never eie did see that face
, Was never eare did heare that tong , Was never minde did minde his grace ,
That ever thought the travell long ; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were
with ...
An Elegie ; or Friend's Passion for his Astrophill.1 Was never eie did see that face
, Was never eare did heare that tong , Was never minde did minde his grace ,
That ever thought the travell long ; But eies and eares and ev'ry thought Were
with ...
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High - erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.1 Arcadia . Book i . They
are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts . Ibid . Many - headed
multitude . Book ü . My dear , my better half . Book iii . Fool ! said my muse to me ...
High - erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy.1 Arcadia . Book i . They
are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts . Ibid . Many - headed
multitude . Book ü . My dear , my better half . Book iii . Fool ! said my muse to me ...
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Oh , that's for lovers ' thoughts . Act ü . Sc . 1 . Fortune , the great commandress of
the world , Hath divers ways to advance her followers : To some she gives
honour without deserving , To other some , deserving without honour.6 Act i . Sc .
1 . i ...
Oh , that's for lovers ' thoughts . Act ü . Sc . 1 . Fortune , the great commandress of
the world , Hath divers ways to advance her followers : To some she gives
honour without deserving , To other some , deserving without honour.6 Act i . Sc .
1 . i ...
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Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought , And with a green and yellow
melancholy She sat like patience on a monument , Smiling at grief . Twelfth Night
Act ii . Sc . 4 . I am all the daughters of my father's house , And all the brothers ...
Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought , And with a green and yellow
melancholy She sat like patience on a monument , Smiling at grief . Twelfth Night
Act ii . Sc . 4 . I am all the daughters of my father's house , And all the brothers ...
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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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