The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... rest , -the habit of severe indignation . This should be the commentary to his history . Up to the period when he had passed his fortieth year , Swift , in the possession of extraordinary talents , saw himself at every turn thrust down ...
... rest , -the habit of severe indignation . This should be the commentary to his history . Up to the period when he had passed his fortieth year , Swift , in the possession of extraordinary talents , saw himself at every turn thrust down ...
Page 12
... rest will give a shrug , and cry , " I'm sorry - but we all must die ! " * * * My female friends , whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts , Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead : ( Pray what is ...
... rest will give a shrug , and cry , " I'm sorry - but we all must die ! " * * * My female friends , whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts , Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead : ( Pray what is ...
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... rest , but well bedew'd repair Each to his home with unsupplanted feet . Ere heav'n's emblazon'd by the rosy dawn , Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise , Refresh'd , and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk and mod ...
... rest , but well bedew'd repair Each to his home with unsupplanted feet . Ere heav'n's emblazon'd by the rosy dawn , Domestic cares awake them ; brisk they rise , Refresh'd , and lively with the joys that flow From amicable talk and mod ...
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... arrive : the livery'd servants wait ; Their lord receives them at the pompous gate . The table groans with costly piles of food , And all is more than hospitably good . Then , led to rest , the day's long toil 36 PARNELL .
... arrive : the livery'd servants wait ; Their lord receives them at the pompous gate . The table groans with costly piles of food , And all is more than hospitably good . Then , led to rest , the day's long toil 36 PARNELL .
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Samuel Carter Hall. Then , led to rest , the day's long toil they drown , Deep sunk in sleep , and silk , and heaps of down . At length ' tis morn , and at the dawn of day , Along the wide canals the zephyrs play : Fresh o'er the gay ...
Samuel Carter Hall. Then , led to rest , the day's long toil they drown , Deep sunk in sleep , and silk , and heaps of down . At length ' tis morn , and at the dawn of day , Along the wide canals the zephyrs play : Fresh o'er the gay ...
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