The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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... thee to extend thy cares , And stretch thy hopes beyond thy years : Night soon will seize , and you must quickly go To storied ghosts , and Pluto's house below . --- CREECH . WHEN I am in a serious humor , I very often walk by myself in ...
... thee to extend thy cares , And stretch thy hopes beyond thy years : Night soon will seize , and you must quickly go To storied ghosts , and Pluto's house below . --- CREECH . WHEN I am in a serious humor , I very often walk by myself in ...
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... thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' " He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and plac- ing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy eyes eastward , ' said he , ' and tell me what thou seest . ' ' I see , ' said I , ' a huge ...
... thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me . ' " He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and plac- ing me on the top of it , ' Cast thy eyes eastward , ' said he , ' and tell me what thou seest . ' ' I see , ' said I , ' a huge ...
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... thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . ' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on ...
... thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared , that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain , who has such an eternity reserved for him . ' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on ...
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... 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 doom . Prometheus ( alone ) . O ...
... 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 doom . Prometheus ( alone ) . O ...
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... lonely friend ! he still will be A potent presence , though unseen , — Steadfast , sagacious , and serene : Seek not for him , he is with thee . " - 1.- -¿ THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH . Born at Portsmouth ALCOTT 49.
... lonely friend ! he still will be A potent presence , though unseen , — Steadfast , sagacious , and serene : Seek not for him , he is with thee . " - 1.- -¿ THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH . Born at Portsmouth ALCOTT 49.
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