The Works of Hannah More, Volume 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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... youth , did I not find reason to be still more ashamed , that after a period of so many years the progress will be found to have been so inconsiderable , and the difference so little apparent . VOL . I. If I should presume to suggest as ...
... youth , did I not find reason to be still more ashamed , that after a period of so many years the progress will be found to have been so inconsiderable , and the difference so little apparent . VOL . I. If I should presume to suggest as ...
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... youth . The path of pleasure which he trod Was somewhat new , and rather odd ; For , that he haunted park or play ... youths , in quest of wives who go To every crowded puppet - show ; If , from these scenes , you choose for life A ...
... youth . The path of pleasure which he trod Was somewhat new , and rather odd ; For , that he haunted park or play ... youths , in quest of wives who go To every crowded puppet - show ; If , from these scenes , you choose for life A ...
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... Youth , - Polemics , really seeking truth ; And travellers of that rare tribe , Who've seen the countries they describe ; Who study'd there , so strange their plan , Not plants , nor herbs alone , but man ; While travellers , of other ...
... Youth , - Polemics , really seeking truth ; And travellers of that rare tribe , Who've seen the countries they describe ; Who study'd there , so strange their plan , Not plants , nor herbs alone , but man ; While travellers , of other ...
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... youth ; Yet scarce the truth of Taste is found To grow from principles less sound . O'er books the mind inactive lies , Books , the mind's food , not exercise ! Her vigorous wings she scarcely feels , ' Till use the latent strength ...
... youth ; Yet scarce the truth of Taste is found To grow from principles less sound . O'er books the mind inactive lies , Books , the mind's food , not exercise ! Her vigorous wings she scarcely feels , ' Till use the latent strength ...
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... youth this cumbrous twist of gold , More than my shuttle well can hold , For which thy anxious father toil'd , Thy white and even thread has spoil'd : ' Tis this shall warp thy pliant youth From sense , simplicity and truth , Thy erring ...
... youth this cumbrous twist of gold , More than my shuttle well can hold , For which thy anxious father toil'd , Thy white and even thread has spoil'd : ' Tis this shall warp thy pliant youth From sense , simplicity and truth , Thy erring ...
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