Recollections of a Literary Life, Or, Books, Places, and People, Հատոր 1R. Bentley, 1852 |
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... lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it is but dust : And wish them not reply , For thou must give the lie . Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honour how it A LITERARY LIFE . 17.
... lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it is but dust : And wish them not reply , For thou must give the lie . Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honour how it A LITERARY LIFE . 17.
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Mary Russell Mitford. Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honour how it alters ; Tell beauty how she blasteth ; Tell favour how she falters ; And as they shall reply , Give each of them the lie . Tell wit how much it wrangles In fickle ...
Mary Russell Mitford. Tell age it daily wasteth ; Tell honour how it alters ; Tell beauty how she blasteth ; Tell favour how she falters ; And as they shall reply , Give each of them the lie . Tell wit how much it wrangles In fickle ...
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... honours , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall sweetly sound where'er ' tis spoke ; And all the great ones , they shall wonder How they respect such little folk . What though from fortune's ...
... honours , And to be noble we'll be good . Our name , while virtue thus we tender , Shall sweetly sound where'er ' tis spoke ; And all the great ones , they shall wonder How they respect such little folk . What though from fortune's ...
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... honour of their judgment ( as some mortals imagine of their courage ) consists in quarrelling with everything . We are , therefore , wonderful wise men , and have a fine business of it , we who spend our time in poetry . I do sometimes ...
... honour of their judgment ( as some mortals imagine of their courage ) consists in quarrelling with everything . We are , therefore , wonderful wise men , and have a fine business of it , we who spend our time in poetry . I do sometimes ...
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... honour I would have , Not from great deeds , but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave . Acquaintance I would have , but when't depends , Not on the number , but the choice of friends . " Books ...
... honour I would have , Not from great deeds , but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave . Acquaintance I would have , but when't depends , Not on the number , but the choice of friends . " Books ...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1858 |
Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People Mary Russell Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1852 |
Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Հատոր 1 Mary Russell Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1852 |
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