Elegant Extracts: Being a Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral and Entertaining Passages from the Most Eminent Prose Writers, Nide 2Sharpe and Hailes, 1812 |
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... wealthy store , And , proudly poising what he weighs , In his own scale he fondly lays Huge heaps of shining ore : He spreads the balance wide , to hold His manors and his farms , And cheats the beam with loads of gold He hugs between ...
... wealthy store , And , proudly poising what he weighs , In his own scale he fondly lays Huge heaps of shining ore : He spreads the balance wide , to hold His manors and his farms , And cheats the beam with loads of gold He hugs between ...
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... wealth and state , Croesus himself can never know ; His true dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show . Were I so tall to reach the pole , Or grasp the ocean with my span , I must be measur'd by my soul : The mind's the ...
... wealth and state , Croesus himself can never know ; His true dimensions and his weight Are far inferior to their show . Were I so tall to reach the pole , Or grasp the ocean with my span , I must be measur'd by my soul : The mind's the ...
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... wealth ; This is the solid pomp of prosperous days ; The peace and shelter of adversity : And if you pant for glory , build your fame On this foundation , which the secret shock Defies of Envy and all - sapping Time . The gaudy gloss of ...
... wealth ; This is the solid pomp of prosperous days ; The peace and shelter of adversity : And if you pant for glory , build your fame On this foundation , which the secret shock Defies of Envy and all - sapping Time . The gaudy gloss of ...
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... wealth , That ne'er encumbers , nor can be transferr'd . Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd ; Or dealt by chance , to shield a lucky knave , Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool : But for one end , one much - neglected use , Are ...
... wealth , That ne'er encumbers , nor can be transferr'd . Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd ; Or dealt by chance , to shield a lucky knave , Or throw a cruel sunshine on a fool : But for one end , one much - neglected use , Are ...
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... wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour , when , stealing from the noise Of care and envy , sweet remembrance soothes With virtue's kindest looks his aching breast , And turns his tears to rapture ...
... wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour , when , stealing from the noise Of care and envy , sweet remembrance soothes With virtue's kindest looks his aching breast , And turns his tears to rapture ...
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