Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Nor pray'rs shall plead , nor tears atone ; Fruits immature those lands dispense , Reproach , scorn , infamy , and hate , A food indelicate to sense , On thy returning steps shall wait ; Of taste unpleasant : yet from those Thy form be ...
Nor pray'rs shall plead , nor tears atone ; Fruits immature those lands dispense , Reproach , scorn , infamy , and hate , A food indelicate to sense , On thy returning steps shall wait ; Of taste unpleasant : yet from those Thy form be ...
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Though old , he still retain's The praise that's worth ambition , is attain'd His manly sense , and energy of mind . By sense alone , and dignity of mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; Virtue , the strength and beauty of ...
Though old , he still retain's The praise that's worth ambition , is attain'd His manly sense , and energy of mind . By sense alone , and dignity of mind . Virtuous and wise he was , but not severe ; Virtue , the strength and beauty of ...
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To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . One science only will one genius fit ; Some few in that , but numbers err in this ; So vast is art , so narrow human wit : Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss .
To tire our patience , than mislead our sense . One science only will one genius fit ; Some few in that , but numbers err in this ; So vast is art , so narrow human wit : Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss .
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| Title | Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5 Volume 5 of Elegant Extracts, Or Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations, Vicesimus Knox Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, James Gates Percival |
| Compiled by | Vicesimus Knox |
| Publisher | S. Walker, 1826 |
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