Gleanings from the Poets for Home and SchoolW. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1851 |
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... beauty , both moral and natural , in its manifold shapes , as it is shown to us in the universe , that the present collection has been made . The pieces chosen are , with very few exceptions , entire , because passages are always ...
... beauty , both moral and natural , in its manifold shapes , as it is shown to us in the universe , that the present collection has been made . The pieces chosen are , with very few exceptions , entire , because passages are always ...
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... beauty where ours find none . We must not say , " The trees of the forest may be beautiful , but I first learned beauty from my stately poplars , and they must satisfy my children . " Nor should we reject the flora of a new world ...
... beauty where ours find none . We must not say , " The trees of the forest may be beautiful , but I first learned beauty from my stately poplars , and they must satisfy my children . " Nor should we reject the flora of a new world ...
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... beauty , Who that's human would refuse it , When a little water does it ? THE BLIND BOY . - Colley Cibber . O SAY what is that thing called light , Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of thy sight ? O , tell your poor ...
... beauty , Who that's human would refuse it , When a little water does it ? THE BLIND BOY . - Colley Cibber . O SAY what is that thing called light , Which I must ne'er enjoy ? What are the blessings of thy sight ? O , tell your poor ...
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... , That clustered round her head . She had a rustic , woodland air , And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair and very fair , Her beauty made me glad . end . " Sisters and brothers , little maid , How many WE ARE SEVEN . 31 •
... , That clustered round her head . She had a rustic , woodland air , And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair and very fair , Her beauty made me glad . end . " Sisters and brothers , little maid , How many WE ARE SEVEN . 31 •
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... beauty's mould . The father left his little son , As plainly doth appear , When he to perfect age should Three hundred pounds a year ; come , And to his little daughter Jane Five hundred pounds in gold . To be paid down on marriage ...
... beauty's mould . The father left his little son , As plainly doth appear , When he to perfect age should Three hundred pounds a year ; come , And to his little daughter Jane Five hundred pounds in gold . To be paid down on marriage ...
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