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Life's span With equal foot , rich friend , impartial Fate Knocks at the cottage , and the palace gate : forbids thee to extend thy cares , And stretch thy hopes beyond thy years : Night soon will seize , and you must quickly go To ...
Life's span With equal foot , rich friend , impartial Fate Knocks at the cottage , and the palace gate : forbids thee to extend thy cares , And stretch thy hopes beyond thy years : Night soon will seize , and you must quickly go To ...
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He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , ' Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' “ He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy ...
He lifted me from the ground , and taking me by the hand , ' Mirza , ' said he , ' I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' “ He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy ...
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The islands , ' said he , “ that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands ...
The islands , ' said he , “ that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands ...
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Why how could they Draw off from thee one single of thy griefs ? Methinks the Dæmons gave thee a wrong name , “ Prometheus , ” which means Providence , - because Thou dost thyself need providence to see Thy roll and ruin from the top of ...
Why how could they Draw off from thee one single of thy griefs ? Methinks the Dæmons gave thee a wrong name , “ Prometheus , ” which means Providence , - because Thou dost thyself need providence to see Thy roll and ruin from the top of ...
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... thee . " THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Thomas BAILEY ALDRICH . Born at Portsmouth 1. - 4 ALCOTT 49.
... thee . " THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH Thomas BAILEY ALDRICH . Born at Portsmouth 1. - 4 ALCOTT 49.
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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