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... blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection , limb , nor beauty , What's yet in this Yet in this life To make 5 SHAKESPEARE . 49 Human Life.
... blessed youth Becomes as aged , and doth beg the alms Of palsied eld ; and when thou'rt old , and rich . Thou hast neither heat , affection , limb , nor beauty , What's yet in this Yet in this life To make 5 SHAKESPEARE . 49 Human Life.
Page 51
... blessed ; It blesseth him that gives , and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty ...
... blessed ; It blesseth him that gives , and him that takes : ' Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power , The attribute to awe and majesty ...
Page 54
... blessed martyr . Serve the king ; There take an inventory of all I have , To the last penny : ' tis the king's ; my robe , And my integrity to heaven , is all . I dare now call my own . O Cromwell , Cromwell . Had I but served God with ...
... blessed martyr . Serve the king ; There take an inventory of all I have , To the last penny : ' tis the king's ; my robe , And my integrity to heaven , is all . I dare now call my own . O Cromwell , Cromwell . Had I but served God with ...
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... bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft out - watch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds or what ...
... bless the doors from nightly harm . Or let my lamp at midnight hour , Be seen in some high lonely tower , Where I may oft out - watch the Bear , With thrice great Hermes , or unsphere The spirit of Plato , to unfold What worlds or what ...
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... Bless me ! a packet.- " Tis a stranger sues , A virgin tragedy , an orphan muse . If I dislike it , Furies , death , and rage ; ' 6 If I approve , Commend it to the stage . ' There ( thank my stars ) my whole commission ends ; The ...
... Bless me ! a packet.- " Tis a stranger sues , A virgin tragedy , an orphan muse . If I dislike it , Furies , death , and rage ; ' 6 If I approve , Commend it to the stage . ' There ( thank my stars ) my whole commission ends ; The ...
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