Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 67
... nature of war as it is of weather . For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain but in an inclination thereto of many days together so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting , but in the known ...
... nature of war as it is of weather . For as the nature of foul weather lieth not in a shower or two of rain but in an inclination thereto of many days together so the nature of war consisteth not in actual fighting , but in the known ...
Page 149
... nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be ... Nature's difference keeps all Nature's peace . Condition , circumstance is not the thing ; Bliss is ALEXANDER POPE 149 ...
... nature's walks , shoot folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise ; Laugh where we must , be ... Nature's difference keeps all Nature's peace . Condition , circumstance is not the thing ; Bliss is ALEXANDER POPE 149 ...
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... Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - fingered art must ...
... Nature inanimate employs sweet sounds , But animated nature sweeter still , To soothe and satisfy the human ear . Ten thousand warblers cheer the day , and one The livelong night : nor these alone , whose notes Nice - fingered art must ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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