Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations, Volumes 5-6Benjamin B. Mussey, 1842 |
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Page 55
... true merit to defame , To blot the brightest worth , and blast the fair- est name . " By this arriv'd the fair majestic maid ; [ pace , said engage ? [ prove ? What dangers , gentle youth , she bids thee ( Abrupt says Sloth ) - ' Ill ...
... true merit to defame , To blot the brightest worth , and blast the fair- est name . " By this arriv'd the fair majestic maid ; [ pace , said engage ? [ prove ? What dangers , gentle youth , she bids thee ( Abrupt says Sloth ) - ' Ill ...
Page 64
... true , In marriage gold is all their view ; They seek no beauty , wit , or sense ; And love is seldom the pretence . All offer incense at my shrine , And I alone the bargain sign . How can Belinda blame her fate ? She only ask'd a great ...
... true , In marriage gold is all their view ; They seek no beauty , wit , or sense ; And love is seldom the pretence . All offer incense at my shrine , And I alone the bargain sign . How can Belinda blame her fate ? She only ask'd a great ...
Page 84
... true treasure lies : But reason failing to discharge her trust , A blunder follows , and blind industry O'erloading , with the cares of distant age , The jaded spirits of the present hour , Provides for an eternity below . Whence ...
... true treasure lies : But reason failing to discharge her trust , A blunder follows , and blind industry O'erloading , with the cares of distant age , The jaded spirits of the present hour , Provides for an eternity below . Whence ...
Page 88
... true : Alike throughout is his consistent peace , All of one color , and an even thread ; While party - color'd shreds of happiness , With hideous gaps between , patch up for them A madman's robe ; each puff of fortune blows The tatters ...
... true : Alike throughout is his consistent peace , All of one color , and an even thread ; While party - color'd shreds of happiness , With hideous gaps between , patch up for them A madman's robe ; each puff of fortune blows The tatters ...
Page 93
... True taste of life , and constant thought of death ; Thy patron , he , whose diadem has dropp'd Yon gems of heav'n ; eternity thy prize . How must a spirit , late escap'd from earth , The truth of things new - blazing in its eye , Look ...
... True taste of life , and constant thought of death ; Thy patron , he , whose diadem has dropp'd Yon gems of heav'n ; eternity thy prize . How must a spirit , late escap'd from earth , The truth of things new - blazing in its eye , Look ...
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