A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... once perceive The least rub in your fortunes , fall away Like water from ye , never found again But where they mean to sink ye . 5Q Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to - day he puts forth The ...
... once perceive The least rub in your fortunes , fall away Like water from ye , never found again But where they mean to sink ye . 5Q Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to - day he puts forth The ...
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... once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice and convulsions , grasping hard ? Grasping at air ; for what hath earth beside ? Man wants but little ; nor that little long ; How soon must he resign his very dust , Which frugal nature lent ...
... once , with eagerness and age ? With av'rice and convulsions , grasping hard ? Grasping at air ; for what hath earth beside ? Man wants but little ; nor that little long ; How soon must he resign his very dust , Which frugal nature lent ...
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... once attains the utmost round , He then unto the ladder turns his back , Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend . 115 Shaks .: Jul . Cæsar . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Shaks .: Richard III . Act i . Sc . 3 . They ...
... once attains the utmost round , He then unto the ladder turns his back , Looks in the clouds , scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend . 115 Shaks .: Jul . Cæsar . Act ii . Sc . 1 . Shaks .: Richard III . Act i . Sc . 3 . They ...
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... As broken glass no cement can redress ; --- So beauty , blemish'd once , ' s forever lost , In spite of physic , painting , pain , and cost . 325 Shaks .: Pass . Pilgrim . St. 13 . Give me a look , give me a face , 338 36 BEAUTY .
... As broken glass no cement can redress ; --- So beauty , blemish'd once , ' s forever lost , In spite of physic , painting , pain , and cost . 325 Shaks .: Pass . Pilgrim . St. 13 . Give me a look , give me a face , 338 36 BEAUTY .
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... once did sell the lion's skin , While the beast lived , was killed with hunting him . 433 Shaks .: Henry V. Act iv . Sc . 4 . Shaks .: Henry V. Act iv . Sc . 3 . Shaks .: King John . Act ii . Sc . 1 . What cracker is this same , that ...
... once did sell the lion's skin , While the beast lived , was killed with hunting him . 433 Shaks .: Henry V. Act iv . Sc . 4 . Shaks .: Henry V. Act iv . Sc . 3 . Shaks .: King John . Act ii . Sc . 1 . What cracker is this same , that ...
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