Laconics: Or, The Best Words of the Best Authors, Band 3T. Boys, 1826 - 360 Seiten |
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... Fame , if not double fac'd , is double mouth'd , And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds : On both his wings , one black , the other white , Bears greatest names in his wild airy flight , Samson Agonistes . VII . Learned men have ...
... Fame , if not double fac'd , is double mouth'd , And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds : On both his wings , one black , the other white , Bears greatest names in his wild airy flight , Samson Agonistes . VII . Learned men have ...
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... fame on higher - seated praise : But my heart burns , I cannot silent be . Then since ( dear life , ) you fain would have me peace , And I mad with delight want wit to cease , Stop you my mouth , with still , still kissing me . Sir P ...
... fame on higher - seated praise : But my heart burns , I cannot silent be . Then since ( dear life , ) you fain would have me peace , And I mad with delight want wit to cease , Stop you my mouth , with still , still kissing me . Sir P ...
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... Fame pieceth longer at the end , And books it farther backward do extend . Sir . T. Overbury . XC . The first draught serveth for health , the second for pleasure , the third for shame , and the fourth for mad- ness . -Anacharsis . XCI ...
... Fame pieceth longer at the end , And books it farther backward do extend . Sir . T. Overbury . XC . The first draught serveth for health , the second for pleasure , the third for shame , and the fourth for mad- ness . -Anacharsis . XCI ...
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... fame but as a spur to brave And honest deeds : and who despises fame , Will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it . CXXXI . Mallett . Wickedness may well be compared to a bottomless pit , into which it is easier to keep one's self ...
... fame but as a spur to brave And honest deeds : and who despises fame , Will soon renounce the virtues that deserve it . CXXXI . Mallett . Wickedness may well be compared to a bottomless pit , into which it is easier to keep one's self ...
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... fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies , Disowning every crime for which he dies , Of life profuse , tenacious of a name , Fearless of death , and yet afraid of shame . Nature has wove into the human mind This anxious care of names we ...
... fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies , Disowning every crime for which he dies , Of life profuse , tenacious of a name , Fearless of death , and yet afraid of shame . Nature has wove into the human mind This anxious care of names we ...
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