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... honour of being elected a member . The edition consisted of 500 copies , a number which seemed to me sufficiently large for its object ; but these were speedily dispersed among literary and social friends , an extra demand for the book ...
... honour of being elected a member . The edition consisted of 500 copies , a number which seemed to me sufficiently large for its object ; but these were speedily dispersed among literary and social friends , an extra demand for the book ...
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... honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And when he thinks , good easy man , full ... honour , sweet humanity , Calm fortitude , take root and strongly flourish . Somerville . Butler , Hud . Mallet ...
... honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And when he thinks , good easy man , full ... honour , sweet humanity , Calm fortitude , take root and strongly flourish . Somerville . Butler , Hud . Mallet ...
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... honours missing , Jo . Baillie , Ethw . 5 . Knows nought of smile and nod , and sweet hand - kissing ; Knows ... honour is strength ; That though man have the wings of the fetterless wind , Of the wantonest air that the north can ...
... honours missing , Jo . Baillie , Ethw . 5 . Knows nought of smile and nod , and sweet hand - kissing ; Knows ... honour is strength ; That though man have the wings of the fetterless wind , Of the wantonest air that the north can ...
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... honours from . B. Jonson , Cat . Boast not the titles of your ancestors , brave youth ! They're their possessions ... honour to be scann'd by long descent From ancestors illustrious , I could vaunt A lineage of the greatest , and ...
... honours from . B. Jonson , Cat . Boast not the titles of your ancestors , brave youth ! They're their possessions ... honour to be scann'd by long descent From ancestors illustrious , I could vaunt A lineage of the greatest , and ...
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... honour peereth in the meanest habit . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not expressed in fancy ; rich , not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man . APPEAL . Sh . Tam . S. IV.3 . Sh . Ham . 1. 3 . I have done the state ...
... honour peereth in the meanest habit . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not expressed in fancy ; rich , not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man . APPEAL . Sh . Tam . S. IV.3 . Sh . Ham . 1. 3 . I have done the state ...
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Aaron Hill Addison bear beauty Ben Jonson bliss brave breast breath bright Butler Byron charms Churchill clouds Cowper death deeds doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools fortune Giaour give glory gold Goldsmith grace grave grief happy hast hate hath heart heaven Herrick Honest Man's Fortune honour hope hour Hudibras human Joanna Baillie Johnson king L'Allegro Lalla Rookh light live looks Lord Love's LOVERS Macb man's mankind MARRIAGE Milton mind Moore nature ne'er never night o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure Pope praise rich shine sigh smile Sophonisba sorrow soul spirit sweet Tamerlane tears thee There's things Thomson thou art thought tongue Troil truth Twill VIII virtue wind wise words wretch Young youth