The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper, 1872 |
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... grace refin'd , And destitute of nought but mind ; If skill'd in ev'ry polish'd art , She wants simplicity of heart ; On her for bliss if you depend , Without the means you seek the end You seek , o'erturning nature's laws , A ...
... grace refin'd , And destitute of nought but mind ; If skill'd in ev'ry polish'd art , She wants simplicity of heart ; On her for bliss if you depend , Without the means you seek the end You seek , o'erturning nature's laws , A ...
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... grace ; Hor native sense improv'd by reading , Her native sweetness by good - breeding : She had perus'd each choicer sage Of ancient date , or later age ; But her best knowledge still she found On sacred , not on classic ground ...
... grace ; Hor native sense improv'd by reading , Her native sweetness by good - breeding : She had perus'd each choicer sage Of ancient date , or later age ; But her best knowledge still she found On sacred , not on classic ground ...
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... grace a modish drawing - room ; Spite of her form and heavenly air , What beau would hand her to a chair ? Vain were that grace , which to her son , " Disclos'd what Beauty had not done : Vain were that motion which betray'd , The ...
... grace a modish drawing - room ; Spite of her form and heavenly air , What beau would hand her to a chair ? Vain were that grace , which to her son , " Disclos'd what Beauty had not done : Vain were that motion which betray'd , The ...
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... grace . In wisdom as the convert grew The hours on rapid pinions flew , When call'd to dress , that Titus wore A wig the alter'd Florio swore ; Or else , in estimating time , He ne'er had mark'd it as a crime , That he had lost but one ...
... grace . In wisdom as the convert grew The hours on rapid pinions flew , When call'd to dress , that Titus wore A wig the alter'd Florio swore ; Or else , in estimating time , He ne'er had mark'd it as a crime , That he had lost but one ...
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... Grace , Who of one blood didst form the human race Look down in mercy in thy chosen time , With equal eye on Afric's suff'ring clime : Disperse her shades of intellectual night , Repeat thy high behest - Let there be Light Bring each ...
... Grace , Who of one blood didst form the human race Look down in mercy in thy chosen time , With equal eye on Afric's suff'ring clime : Disperse her shades of intellectual night , Repeat thy high behest - Let there be Light Bring each ...
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