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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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Five Occasional Lectures: Delivered in Montreal

Francis Fulford - Christianity and culture - 1859 - 126 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...men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons is speechless too; it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch, whom thou...
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Five Occasional Lectures: Delivered in Montreal

Francis Fulford - Christianity and culture - 1859 - 120 pages
...what flocks it sheltered while it stood ; nor what men it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons is speechless too; it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch, whom thouwouldst not, as of a prince whom thou couldst not look upon, would trouble thine eyes if the wind...
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The Ashlar, Volume 5

Allyn Weston, Charles Scott - 1860 - 642 pages
...oak in a 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...distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch, whom thou wouldst not, as of a prince, whom thou couldst not, look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 13

David Thomas - 1863 - 750 pages
...flocks it sheltered while it st-'^i. not what men it hurt when it ML THE PULPIT AND ITS HANDMAIDS. The dust of great persons' graves is speechless too...says nothing. it distinguishes nothing. As soon the chut o£ a wretch whom them woulilst not, as of a jirince whom thou couldst not look upon, will trouble...
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The Watch Tower: Vol. 1 No. 1, Volume 1, Issue 1

418 pages
...me how high or how large that was; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what it hurt when it fell. The dust of great persons' graves...distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldst not, as of a prince thou couldst not, look upon, will trouble thiue eyes if the wind blow it...
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The North British Review, Volumes 44-45

English literature - 1866 - 566 pages
...well-known speeches in the gravedigging scene. Hamlet was written probably about the year 1600 : — " The dust of great persons' graves is speechless too...it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. As soon as the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not, look upon, will...
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Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped ..., Volume 3

James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 508 pages
...oak in a chimney are •no epitaph of that, to tell me how high, or how large, that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch thou would'st not, as a prince whom thou could'st not look upon, will trouble thine eyes, if the wind...
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OUR OWN FIRESIDE

REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1867 - 728 pages
...chimney," said he, " 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...when it fell. The dust of great persons' graves is speechlese, too; it says nothing ; it distinguishes nothing. As soon the duet of a wretch whom thou...
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Homes of Old English Writers

Samuel Woolcock Christophers - Authors, English - 1873 - 310 pages
...chimney," said he, " 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...distinguishes nothing. As soon the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldst not, as of a prince whom thou couldst not, look upon, will trouble thine eyes if the wind blew...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 26

David Thomas - 1874 - 790 pages
...an oak in a chimney are no epithet of that, to tell me how high or how large that was ; it tells me not what flocks it sheltered while it stood, nor what...it says nothing, it distinguishes nothing. As soon as the dust of a wretch whom thou wouldest not, as of a prince whom thou couldest not, look upon will...
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