The Preface to the FablesUniversity Press, 1912 - 36 sivua |
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Sivu 33
... round , Who , to their real interest true , Keep that thing , COMMON SENSE , in view . How many , by their passions led , By some fallacious phantom fed With airy hope and empty dream , Run on through Life from scheme to scheme ; And ...
... round , Who , to their real interest true , Keep that thing , COMMON SENSE , in view . How many , by their passions led , By some fallacious phantom fed With airy hope and empty dream , Run on through Life from scheme to scheme ; And ...
Sivu 35
... round him , it appear'd That men , no better than himself , Had gain'd in time large stores of pelf ; That Bricklayers , Masons and Surveyors , Had turn'd to Aldermen and Mayors . At length , Tom chang'd his course of life : Engag'd in ...
... round him , it appear'd That men , no better than himself , Had gain'd in time large stores of pelf ; That Bricklayers , Masons and Surveyors , Had turn'd to Aldermen and Mayors . At length , Tom chang'd his course of life : Engag'd in ...
Sivu 38
... round it ; Wind - tight , and water - tight , he found it : So well dispos'd in every line , It might have been his own design . But , he car'd not for fragrant flowers , Or rippling brooks or rosy bowers ; And for the trees , so finely ...
... round it ; Wind - tight , and water - tight , he found it : So well dispos'd in every line , It might have been his own design . But , he car'd not for fragrant flowers , Or rippling brooks or rosy bowers ; And for the trees , so finely ...
Sivu 59
... round their table mirth prevails , And Humour laughs , though Reason fails . Scourge me the man who dares to say The belly claims superior sway , And , in the various scale of sense , Can boast a fair pre - eminence ; Whose pleasure ...
... round their table mirth prevails , And Humour laughs , though Reason fails . Scourge me the man who dares to say The belly claims superior sway , And , in the various scale of sense , Can boast a fair pre - eminence ; Whose pleasure ...
Sivu 63
... ; Harvests of honour he'll obtain , Who seeks the pointed spear to wield , And gather Fame in tented Field . Let the drum's enliv'ning sound Inspire the village heroes round . ' ' I'm tir'd , ' said Tom , ' of ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 63.
... ; Harvests of honour he'll obtain , Who seeks the pointed spear to wield , And gather Fame in tented Field . Let the drum's enliv'ning sound Inspire the village heroes round . ' ' I'm tir'd , ' said Tom , ' of ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 63.
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