A Thousand and One Gems of English ProseG. Routledge, 1872 - 534 pages |
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... eyes see no himself ; for that a friend is far more than more than one ; or , that a gamester seeth himself . " Men have their time , and die always more than a looker - on ; or , that a many times in desire of some things man in anger ...
... eyes see no himself ; for that a friend is far more than more than one ; or , that a gamester seeth himself . " Men have their time , and die always more than a looker - on ; or , that a many times in desire of some things man in anger ...
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... eyes , I could see more from the top of a tower or hill than any one that is below can do . And shall I know less of earth from heaven , than I do now ? It is unlike that my capacity will be so little and if it were , it is unlike that ...
... eyes , I could see more from the top of a tower or hill than any one that is below can do . And shall I know less of earth from heaven , than I do now ? It is unlike that my capacity will be so little and if it were , it is unlike that ...
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... eyes to behold felicity ; the first day of our jubilee is death . The devil hath therefore failed of his desires : we are happier with death , than we should have been without it . There is no misery but in himself , where there is no ...
... eyes to behold felicity ; the first day of our jubilee is death . The devil hath therefore failed of his desires : we are happier with death , than we should have been without it . There is no misery but in himself , where there is no ...
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... eyes are fair as the light of heaven ; she is a fountain sealed , and he can quench his thirst , and ease his cares , and lay his sorrows down upon her lap , and can retire home to his sanctuary and refectory , and his gardens of ...
... eyes are fair as the light of heaven ; she is a fountain sealed , and he can quench his thirst , and ease his cares , and lay his sorrows down upon her lap , and can retire home to his sanctuary and refectory , and his gardens of ...
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... eyes of childhood ; from the vigorousness and strong flexure of the joints of five - and - twenty , to the hollow- ness and deadly paleness , to the loath- someness and horror of a three days ' burial , and we shall perceive the ...
... eyes of childhood ; from the vigorousness and strong flexure of the joints of five - and - twenty , to the hollow- ness and deadly paleness , to the loath- someness and horror of a three days ' burial , and we shall perceive the ...
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