The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... pride ; In all the methods of deceit untried : So faithful to her friend , and good to all , No censure might upon her actions fall : Then would ev'n envy be compell'd to say , She goes the least of womankind astray . To this fair ...
... pride ; In all the methods of deceit untried : So faithful to her friend , and good to all , No censure might upon her actions fall : Then would ev'n envy be compell'd to say , She goes the least of womankind astray . To this fair ...
Page 7
... pride , or pedantry : For the effect of woman's wit is such , Too little is as dangerous as too much . But chiefly let her humour close with thine , Unless where your's does to a fault incline ; The least disparity in this destroys ...
... pride , or pedantry : For the effect of woman's wit is such , Too little is as dangerous as too much . But chiefly let her humour close with thine , Unless where your's does to a fault incline ; The least disparity in this destroys ...
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... trace ? Self - love , ambition , envy , pride , Their empire in our heart divide . Give others riches , power , and station , ' Tis all to me an usurpation . I have no title to aspire ; Yet , when 10 SWIFT . On the Death of Dr Swift.
... trace ? Self - love , ambition , envy , pride , Their empire in our heart divide . Give others riches , power , and station , ' Tis all to me an usurpation . I have no title to aspire ; Yet , when 10 SWIFT . On the Death of Dr Swift.
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... pride , And made me throw my pen aside ; If with such talents heaven hath bless'd ' em , Have I not reason to detest ' em ? * * * * From Dublin soon to London spread , ' Tis told at court , " the Dean is dead ; " And Lady Suffolk , in ...
... pride , And made me throw my pen aside ; If with such talents heaven hath bless'd ' em , Have I not reason to detest ' em ? * * * * From Dublin soon to London spread , ' Tis told at court , " the Dean is dead ; " And Lady Suffolk , in ...
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... pride , O strange return ! grew black , and gasp'd , and died . Horror of horrors ! what ! his only son ? How look'd our hermit when the fact was done ! Not hell , though hell's black jaws in sunder part , And breathe blue fire , could ...
... pride , O strange return ! grew black , and gasp'd , and died . Horror of horrors ! what ! his only son ? How look'd our hermit when the fact was done ! Not hell , though hell's black jaws in sunder part , And breathe blue fire , could ...
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