Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 124
... labour and search , and ranging through every corner of nature ; the difference is , that , instead of dirt and poison , we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax ; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things ...
... labour and search , and ranging through every corner of nature ; the difference is , that , instead of dirt and poison , we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax ; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things ...
Page 266
... labour , by slow prudence , to make mild A rugged people , and thro ' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good . Most blameless is he , centred in the sphere Of common duties , decent not to fail In offices of tenderness ...
... labour , by slow prudence , to make mild A rugged people , and thro ' soft degrees Subdue them to the useful and the good . Most blameless is he , centred in the sphere Of common duties , decent not to fail In offices of tenderness ...
Page 305
... labour and thought , A time to serve and to sin ; They gave him light in his ways , And love , and a space for delight , And beauty and length of days , And night , and sleep in the night . X His speech is a burning fire ; With his lips ...
... labour and thought , A time to serve and to sin ; They gave him light in his ways , And love , and a space for delight , And beauty and length of days , And night , and sleep in the night . X His speech is a burning fire ; With his lips ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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