Peace Campaigns of a Cornet, Volume 3J. Ebers, 1829 |
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... uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shews all the beauty of the sun , And by and by a cloud takes all away ! SHAKSPEARE . Honour in a woman's mouth , like the oath in the mouth of a cheating gamester , is ever most used as their ...
... uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shews all the beauty of the sun , And by and by a cloud takes all away ! SHAKSPEARE . Honour in a woman's mouth , like the oath in the mouth of a cheating gamester , is ever most used as their ...
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Page 145 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Page 90 - But meat commendeth us not to God : for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Page 82 - Resistless burns the fever of renown, Caught from the strong contagion of the gown : O'er Bodley's dome his future labours spread, And Bacon's mansion trembles o'er his head.
Page 93 - And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, becau.se he eateth not of faith : for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Page 206 - I see, men's judgments are A parcel of their fortunes ; and things outward Do draw the inward quality after them, To suffer all alike.
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Page 60 - No DEFINITIONS touch your senseless mind ; To you no POSTULATES prefer their claim, No ardent AXIOMS your dull souls inflame ; For you, no TANGENTS touch, no ANGLES meet, No CIRCLES join in osculation sweet! 10 Ver. 1 — 4. Imitated from the introductory couplet to the " Economy of Vegetation :" " Stay your rude steps, whose throbbing breasts infold The legion fiends of glory and of gold.
Page 106 - Balk'd are the courts, and contest is no more : Despairing quacks with curses fled the place, And vile attorneys, now a useless race.