The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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Page 7
... Desire of friends , ' is now become a proverbial satire ; the poet is driven from that once creditable refuge , behind which an unfounded eagerness to appear in print used to shelter itself ; and is obliged to abandon the untenable ...
... Desire of friends , ' is now become a proverbial satire ; the poet is driven from that once creditable refuge , behind which an unfounded eagerness to appear in print used to shelter itself ; and is obliged to abandon the untenable ...
Page 9
... desire to hear and to tell some new thing , will reject , or over look , or grow weary even of the standard works of the most established authors ; while it wil peruse with interest the current volume or popular pamphlet of the day ...
... desire to hear and to tell some new thing , will reject , or over look , or grow weary even of the standard works of the most established authors ; while it wil peruse with interest the current volume or popular pamphlet of the day ...
Page 17
... desire to shine Does Genius toil in Learħing's mine ; Not to indulge in idle vision , But strike new light by strong collision . Of CONVERSATION , Wisdom's friend , This is the object and the end , Of moral truth man's proper science ...
... desire to shine Does Genius toil in Learħing's mine ; Not to indulge in idle vision , But strike new light by strong collision . Of CONVERSATION , Wisdom's friend , This is the object and the end , Of moral truth man's proper science ...
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... desire of fame , ( For these are specious crimes ) our rage in- flame ? No : sordid lust of gold their fate controls , The basest appetite of basest souls ; Gold , better gain'd by what their ripening sky , Their fertile fields , their ...
... desire of fame , ( For these are specious crimes ) our rage in- flame ? No : sordid lust of gold their fate controls , The basest appetite of basest souls ; Gold , better gain'd by what their ripening sky , Their fertile fields , their ...
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... desire of show , Not to accumulate but to bestow ; You who the dreary haunts of sorrow seek , Raise the sunk heart , and flush the fading cheek ; You , who divide the joys and share the pains , When merit triumphs , or oppress'd ...
... desire of show , Not to accumulate but to bestow ; You who the dreary haunts of sorrow seek , Raise the sunk heart , and flush the fading cheek ; You , who divide the joys and share the pains , When merit triumphs , or oppress'd ...
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