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" The ashes of an oak in the chimney, are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons... "
Solomon's Little People: A Story about the Ants - Page 188
by James Crowther - 1882 - 189 pages
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The Pilgrims' Way: A Little Scrip of Good Counsel for Travellers

Arthur Quiller-Couch - Anthologies - 1906 - 352 pages
...Chimney are no •*• Epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a Prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind blow it thither...
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Studies in Literature

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English literature - 1918 - 350 pages
...in the chimney are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither;...
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Essays for College English

James Cloyd Bowman - American essays - 1918 - 504 pages
...Oak in the Chimney are no epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not look upon will trouble thine eyes if the wind blow it thither;...
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Donne's Sermons: Selected Passages

John Donne - Sermons, English - 1919 - 342 pages
...Chimney, are no Epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; It tels me not what nocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons graves is speechlesse too, it sayes nothing, it distinguishes nothing : As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou...
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A Treasury of English Prose

Logan Pearsall Smith - English prose literature - 1920 - 264 pages
...oak in the chimney are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a Prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither;...
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Donne's Sermons: Selected Passages

John Donne - Sermons, English - 1920 - 326 pages
...in the Chimney, are no Epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; It tels me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...when it fell. The dust of great persons graves is speechlesse too, it sayes nothing, it distinguishes nothing : As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou...
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Why We Should Read--

Stuart Petre Brodie Mais - Books and reading - 1921 - 332 pages
...in the Chimney, are no Epitaph of that Oak, to tell me how high or how large that was ; It tels me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...when it fell. The dust of great persons graves is speechlesse too, it sayes nothing, it distinguishes nothing : As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou...
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Studies in Literature (first Series)

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English literature - 1924 - 324 pages
...oak in the chimney are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither;...
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The East Window, and The Car Window

Bert Leston Taylor - American wit and humor - 1924 - 250 pages
...oak in the chimney are no epitaph of that oak, to tell me how high or how large it was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a Prince whom thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither;...
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The Oxford Book of English Prose

Arthur Quiller-Couch - English prose literature - 1925 - 1262 pages
...in the Chimney^ are no Epitaph of that Oak to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest' not, as of a Prince thou couldest not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind blow it thither ;...
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