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" As with the diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock... "
Beauties of Cowper: To which are Prefixed, a Life of the Author and ... - Page 14
by William Cowper - 1801 - 231 pages
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Elocution; Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Anatomy - 1845 - 330 pages
...diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parís before my eyes When I am hungry for the BREAD of LIFE? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His...instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves \i\»ßock. Therefore, avaunt alt attitude and stare, And start theatric, practical at the glass! 1...
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture : Designed for ...

Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1845 - 352 pages
...before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shame* His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock. How a body so fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind...
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Elocution, Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy: Involving the Principles of ...

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 390 pages
...before rny eywi When I am hungry for the BREAD of LIFJ*.? He mocks his Sflaktr, prostitutes and shame? His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves hig.tfcxe. Therefore, avaunt all attitude and stare, And start theatric, practic'd at the glow.' ....
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Elocution: Or, Mental and Vocal Philosophy

C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 398 pages
...before my eyes When- 1 am hungry for the DKKAD of LIFK? He mocks his ATaitr, prostitutes and shame* His noble office, and, instead of truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves l\isJlocL. Tlu-rt'tbre, avount all attitude nnd stare, And start theatric, pmciic'd at the. g/a«.'...
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Poems of William Cowper, Esq., with a New Memoir: Compiled from Johnson ...

William Cowper - 1846 - 310 pages
...diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I 'am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames...Therefore avaunt all attitude and stare, And start theatrick, practis'd at the glass ! I seek divine simplicity in him Who handles things divine ; and...
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A Practical Manual of Elocution: Embracing Voice and Gesture ...

Merritt Caldwell - Elocution - 1846 - 390 pages
...diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames...truth. Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock. How a body so fantastic, trim, And quaint, in its deportment and attire, Can lodge a heavenly mind...
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Poems, with a memoir of the author

William Cowper - 1847 - 556 pages
...diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes. When I am hungry for the bread of life? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His...practised at the glass ! I seek divine simplicity in him, M'ho handles things divine; and all besides. Though learn'd with labour, and though m By curious eyes...
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The Complete Poetical Works of William Cowper ...: Including the Copyright ...

William Cowper - English poetry - 1849 - 740 pages
...hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes 425 When I am hungry for the bread of life ? lie mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His noble...beauty, starves his flock. Therefore avaunt ! all altitude and stare 430 And start theatric, practised at the glass. I seek divine simplicity in him...
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The British orator

Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 pages
...diamond on his lily hand, And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life ? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames...truth, Displaying his own beauty, starves his flock! I seek divine simplicity in him Who handles things divine; and all besides, 2 D 2 Though learn'd with...
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The modern reader and speaker

David Charles Bell - 1850 - 484 pages
...diamond on his lily hand; And play his brilliant parts before my eyes, When I am hungry for the bread of life? He mocks his Maker, prostitutes and shames His...besides, Though learn'd with labour, and though much admired By curious eyes and judgments ill-informed, To me is odious as the nasal twang Heard at conventicle,...
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