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Such a book , then , would seem to be a desideratum , which we have undertaken to supply , in a form at once elegant , cheap , and portable - a volume which , while it will be an ornament to the Library shelves or the Drawing - room ...
Such a book , then , would seem to be a desideratum , which we have undertaken to supply , in a form at once elegant , cheap , and portable - a volume which , while it will be an ornament to the Library shelves or the Drawing - room ...
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Oh Absence ! by thy stern decree , How many a heart , once light and free , Is filled with doubts and fears ! Thy days like tedious weeks do seem , Thy weeks slow - moving months we deem , Thy months , long - lingering years .
Oh Absence ! by thy stern decree , How many a heart , once light and free , Is filled with doubts and fears ! Thy days like tedious weeks do seem , Thy weeks slow - moving months we deem , Thy months , long - lingering years .
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Then thou shalt see him plunged , when least he fears , At once accounting for his deep arrears . Dryden . Sum up at night what thou hast done by day ; And in the morning what thou hast to do . Dress and undress thy soul .
Then thou shalt see him plunged , when least he fears , At once accounting for his deep arrears . Dryden . Sum up at night what thou hast done by day ; And in the morning what thou hast to do . Dress and undress thy soul .
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The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion , makes the thoughts Start into instant action , and at once Plans and performs , resolves and executes ! Hannah More . 12 ACTORS . Do something ! do it soon ! ACTIONS . 11.
The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion , makes the thoughts Start into instant action , and at once Plans and performs , resolves and executes ! Hannah More . 12 ACTORS . Do something ! do it soon ! ACTIONS . 11.
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So he , with difficulty and labour hard , Moved on : But he once past , ( soon after , when man fell , Strange alternation ! ) Sin and death unseen Following his track , ( such was the will of heaven ! ) Paved after him a broad and ...
So he , with difficulty and labour hard , Moved on : But he once past , ( soon after , when man fell , Strange alternation ! ) Sin and death unseen Following his track , ( such was the will of heaven ! ) Paved after him a broad and ...
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