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Page 9
... beauty of spring ; if the crawling , loathsome worm is transformed to the gay and gaudy butterfly ; if the feeble , ignorant in- fant is raised to the mature , the in- telligent , the perfect man , may we not hope that after death , we ...
... beauty of spring ; if the crawling , loathsome worm is transformed to the gay and gaudy butterfly ; if the feeble , ignorant in- fant is raised to the mature , the in- telligent , the perfect man , may we not hope that after death , we ...
Page 13
... beauty , but without fortune , in consequence of disast- ers which have happened to her parents , is offered by them to a man of sensibility who would share with her a decent existence . " " A young man of twenty - nine years , of good ...
... beauty , but without fortune , in consequence of disast- ers which have happened to her parents , is offered by them to a man of sensibility who would share with her a decent existence . " " A young man of twenty - nine years , of good ...
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... Beauty - ' Tis a gleam That tints the morning sky ; I ask not Learning - Tis a stream That glides unheeded by . I ask not Wit - It is a flash That oft blinds Reason's eye ; I ask not gold - ' Tis glittering trash , That causes many a ...
... Beauty - ' Tis a gleam That tints the morning sky ; I ask not Learning - Tis a stream That glides unheeded by . I ask not Wit - It is a flash That oft blinds Reason's eye ; I ask not gold - ' Tis glittering trash , That causes many a ...
Page 48
... beauty . Hills on hills arise , Majestick amphitheatre , whose lofty top , The spreading oak and stately poplar crowns . And ever - varied sides present such scenes Soft or sublime as wake the poet's song- Or art has moulded into useful ...
... beauty . Hills on hills arise , Majestick amphitheatre , whose lofty top , The spreading oak and stately poplar crowns . And ever - varied sides present such scenes Soft or sublime as wake the poet's song- Or art has moulded into useful ...
Page 56
... beauty , archery , and skill in skait- ing . Freya , or Frigga , the wife of Odin , and mother of Balder . + Odin . 4 Gore him distained Across the breast ; Wide flashed his jaw , Rent to devour : Aloud he barked , Amain he yawned , And ...
... beauty , archery , and skill in skait- ing . Freya , or Frigga , the wife of Odin , and mother of Balder . + Odin . 4 Gore him distained Across the breast ; Wide flashed his jaw , Rent to devour : Aloud he barked , Amain he yawned , And ...
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