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Page 209
... hope to live within two Methuselahs of Hector . And , therefore , restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations seems a vanity almost out of date , and superannuated piece of folly . We cannot hope ...
... hope to live within two Methuselahs of Hector . And , therefore , restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations seems a vanity almost out of date , and superannuated piece of folly . We cannot hope ...
Page 414
... hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation , My lord , Your lordship's most humble , Most obedient servant , His Dictionary . SAM . JOHNSON . In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be ...
... hope , in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation , My lord , Your lordship's most humble , Most obedient servant , His Dictionary . SAM . JOHNSON . In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be ...
Page 586
... Hope . Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of time , Thy joyous youth began - but not to fade.- When all the sister planets have decayed ; When rapt in fire the realms of ether glow ...
... Hope . Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of time , Thy joyous youth began - but not to fade.- When all the sister planets have decayed ; When rapt in fire the realms of ether glow ...
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