The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 |
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... virtues of the Cecils shone , But with inferior brightness to her own : Which she refin'd to that sublime degree , The greatest mortal could not greater be . Each stage of life peculiar splendour had ; Her tender years with innocence ...
... virtues of the Cecils shone , But with inferior brightness to her own : Which she refin'd to that sublime degree , The greatest mortal could not greater be . Each stage of life peculiar splendour had ; Her tender years with innocence ...
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... virtues fam'd , or joys sincere . * * * * * She did her numerous family command With such a tender care , so wise a hand , She seem'd no otherwise a mistress there , Than godlike souls in human bodies are . But when to all she had ...
... virtues fam'd , or joys sincere . * * * * * She did her numerous family command With such a tender care , so wise a hand , She seem'd no otherwise a mistress there , Than godlike souls in human bodies are . But when to all she had ...
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... virtue lose , By a too frequent and too bold a use ; And what would cheer the spirits in distress , Ruins our health , when taken to excess . I'd be concern'd in no litigious jar ; Belov'd by all , not vainly popular . Whate'er ...
... virtue lose , By a too frequent and too bold a use ; And what would cheer the spirits in distress , Ruins our health , when taken to excess . I'd be concern'd in no litigious jar ; Belov'd by all , not vainly popular . Whate'er ...
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... with reason they complain , This infant shall restore my reign . C I'll search where every virtue dwells , From courts inclusive. FROM CADENUS AND VANESSA . FROM A LETTER FROM ITALY . Too LATE! From Cadenus and Vanessa Song 35 41.
... with reason they complain , This infant shall restore my reign . C I'll search where every virtue dwells , From courts inclusive. FROM CADENUS AND VANESSA . FROM A LETTER FROM ITALY . Too LATE! From Cadenus and Vanessa Song 35 41.
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Samuel Carter Hall. I'll search where every virtue dwells , From courts inclusive down to cells : What preachers talk , or sages write ; These I will gather and unite , And represent them to mankind Collected in that infant's mind ...
Samuel Carter Hall. I'll search where every virtue dwells , From courts inclusive down to cells : What preachers talk , or sages write ; These I will gather and unite , And represent them to mankind Collected in that infant's mind ...
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