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... ground he holds , if he his own can call , He quarrels not with heaven , because ' tis small : Let gay and toilsome greatness others please , He loves of homely littleness the ease . ' 19 Can any man in gilded rooms attend , And his ...
... ground he holds , if he his own can call , He quarrels not with heaven , because ' tis small : Let gay and toilsome greatness others please , He loves of homely littleness the ease . ' 19 Can any man in gilded rooms attend , And his ...
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... ground has prest . Thou from all shades the darkness caust exclude , And from a desart banish solitude . And yet our dear self is so wearisome to us , that we can scarcely support its conversation for an hour to- gether . This is such ...
... ground has prest . Thou from all shades the darkness caust exclude , And from a desart banish solitude . And yet our dear self is so wearisome to us , that we can scarcely support its conversation for an hour to- gether . This is such ...
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... ground , the rent of which devours all but the bare subsistence of the tenant whilst they who are proprietors of the land are either too proud , or , for want of that kind of educa- tion , too ignorant , to improve their estates ...
... ground , the rent of which devours all but the bare subsistence of the tenant whilst they who are proprietors of the land are either too proud , or , for want of that kind of educa- tion , too ignorant , to improve their estates ...
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... ground , but almost to tread upon it . We may talk what we please of lilies , and lions rampant , and spread- eagles , in fields d'or or d'argent ; but , if heraldry were guided by reason , a plough in a field arable , would be the most ...
... ground , but almost to tread upon it . We may talk what we please of lilies , and lions rampant , and spread- eagles , in fields d'or or d'argent ; but , if heraldry were guided by reason , a plough in a field arable , would be the most ...
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... ground , in which these plants will thrive . It will bear nothing but the nettles or thorns of satire , which grow most naturally in the worst earth ; and therefore almost all poets , except those who were not able to eat bread without ...
... ground , in which these plants will thrive . It will bear nothing but the nettles or thorns of satire , which grow most naturally in the worst earth ; and therefore almost all poets , except those who were not able to eat bread without ...
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Page 122 - The Wish Well then; I now do plainly see This busy world and I shall ne'er agree. The very honey of all earthly joy Does, of all meats, the soonest cloy; And they, methinks, deserve my pity Who for it can endure the stings, The crowd, and buzz, and murmurings Of this great hive, the city. Ah yet, ere I descend to th...
Page 119 - This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave.
Page 118 - T is a hard and nice subject for a man to write of himself ;* it grates his own heart to say any thing of disparagement, and the reader's ears to hear any thing of praise from him. There is no danger from me of offending him in this kind ; neither my mind, nor my body, nor my fortune, allow me any materials for that vanity. It is sufficient for my own contentment, that they have preserved me from being scandalous, or remarkable on the defective side.
Page 121 - I believe I can tell the particular little chance that filled my head first with such chimes of verse as have never since left ringing there.
Page 7 - The books discussed in this volume are no less valuable than they are rare, and the compiler is entitled to the gratitude of the public. Observer. The Silent Hour : Essays, Original and Selected. By the Author of "The Gentle Life.
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Page 77 - If e'er ambition did my fancy cheat With any wish so mean as to be great; Continue, Heaven, still from me to remove The humble blessings of that life I love.