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... delight in praise , he seems to have utterly disregarded fame . He left his writings to the false and garbled copies of the theatre . It is not known that he even cared whether they ever passed to posterity . He retired from active life ...
... delight in praise , he seems to have utterly disregarded fame . He left his writings to the false and garbled copies of the theatre . It is not known that he even cared whether they ever passed to posterity . He retired from active life ...
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... ; And on his hand he bare , for his delight , An eagle tame , as any lily white ; About him ran and played their wilful game Full many a lion and a leopard tame . Spencer . THE CAVE OF DESPAIR . ERE long they 10 Chaucer .
... ; And on his hand he bare , for his delight , An eagle tame , as any lily white ; About him ran and played their wilful game Full many a lion and a leopard tame . Spencer . THE CAVE OF DESPAIR . ERE long they 10 Chaucer .
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... delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased ; Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm : the vilest here excel me ; They creep , yet see ; I , dark in light , exposed To daily fraud , contempt , abuse , and wrong ...
... delight Annulled , which might in part my grief have eased ; Inferior to the vilest now become Of man or worm : the vilest here excel me ; They creep , yet see ; I , dark in light , exposed To daily fraud , contempt , abuse , and wrong ...
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... delight Mankind created , and for him this world . So farewell , hope , and with hope , farewell fear , Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my good ; by thee at least Divided empire with Heaven's King I hold , By ...
... delight Mankind created , and for him this world . So farewell , hope , and with hope , farewell fear , Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my good ; by thee at least Divided empire with Heaven's King I hold , By ...
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... the sheaves ; Or if the earlier season lead To the tanned haycock in the mead . Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring round , And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth Milton . 45.
... the sheaves ; Or if the earlier season lead To the tanned haycock in the mead . Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite , When the merry bells ring round , And the jocund rebecks sound , To many a youth Milton . 45.
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