Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorCrosby, Nichols, Lee & Company, 1860 |
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... sense , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found . False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face ...
... sense , they humbly take upon content . Words are like leaves ; and where they most abound , Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found . False eloquence , like the prismatic glass , Its gaudy colours spreads on every place ; The face ...
Page 90
... sense , And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once ... sense beloved . Be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For the worst avarice is that of sense . With mean complacence ...
... sense , And speak , though sure , with seeming diffidence : Some positive , persisting fops we know , Who , if once ... sense beloved . Be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For the worst avarice is that of sense . With mean complacence ...
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... sense of it without the love ; Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injured , to defend , Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you say , And , if he lie not , must at least betray ; Who to the dean and ...
... sense of it without the love ; Who has the vanity to call you friend , Yet wants the honour , injured , to defend , Who tells whate'er you think , whate'er you say , And , if he lie not , must at least betray ; Who to the dean and ...
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