Gleanings for the Curious from the Harvest-fields of LiteratureA. D. Worthington & Company, 1875 - 862 pages |
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... round of blood- We live in deeds , not years ; in thoughts , not breaths- We should count time by heart - throbs . He most lives Who thinks most - feels the noblest - acts the best . Life's but a means unto an end- HELEN ( sings . ) Oh ...
... round of blood- We live in deeds , not years ; in thoughts , not breaths- We should count time by heart - throbs . He most lives Who thinks most - feels the noblest - acts the best . Life's but a means unto an end- HELEN ( sings . ) Oh ...
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... round word , Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak . To whom can this be true who once has heard The cry for help , the tongue that all men speak , When want or woe or fear is in the throat , So that each word gasped out is ...
... round word , Or that the brief and plain must needs be weak . To whom can this be true who once has heard The cry for help , the tongue that all men speak , When want or woe or fear is in the throat , So that each word gasped out is ...
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... neighbor's fame to wound , Nor hearken to a false report , By malice whispered round . Who vice , in all its pomp and power , Can treat with just neglect , And piety , though clothed in rags , Religiously respect. 122 THE BIBLE .
... neighbor's fame to wound , Nor hearken to a false report , By malice whispered round . Who vice , in all its pomp and power , Can treat with just neglect , And piety , though clothed in rags , Religiously respect. 122 THE BIBLE .
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... round according to a cap . Paronomasia . Hard is the job to launch the desperate pun ; A pun - job dangerous as the Indian one . - HOLMES . Life and language are alike sacred . Homicide and verbicide - that is , vio- lent treatment of a ...
... round according to a cap . Paronomasia . Hard is the job to launch the desperate pun ; A pun - job dangerous as the Indian one . - HOLMES . Life and language are alike sacred . Homicide and verbicide - that is , vio- lent treatment of a ...
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... round , clerkly hand , - " A book of much interest . " - Edinburgh Review . " A work in which the interest never flags . " - Quarterly Review . " We may say of this volume , that the interest increases from the begin- ning to the end ...
... round , clerkly hand , - " A book of much interest . " - Edinburgh Review . " A work in which the interest never flags . " - Quarterly Review . " We may say of this volume , that the interest increases from the begin- ning to the end ...
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