The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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... true , in hyperbolic measure , She nobly calls her labours Pleasure ; In this unlike ALCMENA's son , She never means ... true high priest ; Than I the lowest of thy train , These field - flowers bring to deck thy fane ; Who to thy shrine ...
... true , in hyperbolic measure , She nobly calls her labours Pleasure ; In this unlike ALCMENA's son , She never means ... true high priest ; Than I the lowest of thy train , These field - flowers bring to deck thy fane ; Who to thy shrine ...
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... true taste for genuine saunter , Like sloth , the soul's most dire enchanter . The active fires that stir the breast , Her poppies charm to fatal rest , They rule in short and quick succession , But SLOTH keeps one long , fast ...
... true taste for genuine saunter , Like sloth , the soul's most dire enchanter . The active fires that stir the breast , Her poppies charm to fatal rest , They rule in short and quick succession , But SLOTH keeps one long , fast ...
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... true free - thinking sneer . Grave arguments he had in store , Which have been answer'd o'er and o'er ; And us'd , with wond'rous penetration The trite , old trick of false citation ; From ancient authors fond to quote A phrase or ...
... true free - thinking sneer . Grave arguments he had in store , Which have been answer'd o'er and o'er ; And us'd , with wond'rous penetration The trite , old trick of false citation ; From ancient authors fond to quote A phrase or ...
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... true she gives for truth : And still , to analyze you're able , Fable is safe while given as fable ; As mere invention you receive it , You know ' tis false , and disbelieve it ; While that bad chemistry which brings And mixes up ...
... true she gives for truth : And still , to analyze you're able , Fable is safe while given as fable ; As mere invention you receive it , You know ' tis false , and disbelieve it ; While that bad chemistry which brings And mixes up ...
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... true heroic mark : THALESTRIS was a mere home - keeper , And swift CAMILLA but a creeper . Here deeds of valour are as common As song or dance to real woman ; And meekest damsels find it facile To storm a giant's moated castle ; Where ...
... true heroic mark : THALESTRIS was a mere home - keeper , And swift CAMILLA but a creeper . Here deeds of valour are as common As song or dance to real woman ; And meekest damsels find it facile To storm a giant's moated castle ; Where ...
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