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... Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life , exempt from public haunt , Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones ...
... Sweet are the uses of adversity ; Which like the toad , ugly and venomous , Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life , exempt from public haunt , Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones ...
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... sweet music . The reason is , your spirits are attentive : For do but note a wild and wanton herd , Or race of youthful and unhandled colts , Fetching mad bounds , bellowing , and neighing loud , Which is the hot condition of their ...
... sweet music . The reason is , your spirits are attentive : For do but note a wild and wanton herd , Or race of youthful and unhandled colts , Fetching mad bounds , bellowing , and neighing loud , Which is the hot condition of their ...
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... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness , and the night , Become the touches of sweet harmony . Sit , Jessica : look , how the floor of heaven Is ...
... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank ! Here will we sit , and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears ; soft stillness , and the night , Become the touches of sweet harmony . Sit , Jessica : look , how the floor of heaven Is ...
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... ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And when he falls , he falls like Lucifer , Shakespeare . 29 Wolsey Death.
... ' favours . There is , betwixt that smile we would aspire to , The sweet aspect of princes , and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have ; And when he falls , he falls like Lucifer , Shakespeare . 29 Wolsey Death.
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... sweet , With day - spring born ; here leave me to respire . This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea - idol , and forbid Laborious works : unwillingly this rest Their superstition yields me : hence with leave ...
... sweet , With day - spring born ; here leave me to respire . This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon their sea - idol , and forbid Laborious works : unwillingly this rest Their superstition yields me : hence with leave ...
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