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... passion's dross refined and clear . A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , ' Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head . There is in life no blessing like affection ; It soothes , it ...
... passion's dross refined and clear . A tear so limpid and so meek , It would not stain an angel's cheek , ' Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head . There is in life no blessing like affection ; It soothes , it ...
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... passion , scornful of restraint , Even from the birth affects supreme command , Swells in the breast , and with resistless force , O'erbears each gentler motion of the mind . Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they ...
... passion , scornful of restraint , Even from the birth affects supreme command , Swells in the breast , and with resistless force , O'erbears each gentler motion of the mind . Dream after dream ensues , And still they dream that they ...
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... passion we propose , The passion ending , doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion would I shake the world . You are yoked with a lamb , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . Sh . K. John , III . 4 ...
... passion we propose , The passion ending , doth the purpose lose . O , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion would I shake the world . You are yoked with a lamb , Sh . Ham . III . 2 . Sh . K. John , III . 4 ...
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... passion sways it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes . Ask you what provocation I have had ? The strong antipathy of good to bad . ANTIQUARY - ANTIQUITY . They say he sits All day in contemplation of a statue Denham . Milton , Com ...
... passion sways it to the mood Of what it likes or loathes . Ask you what provocation I have had ? The strong antipathy of good to bad . ANTIQUARY - ANTIQUITY . They say he sits All day in contemplation of a statue Denham . Milton , Com ...
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... passion in the breast , Dryden . Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . Pope , E.M.11.131 . Riches , like insects , when conceal'd they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly . Pope , M.E.11.169 . Wealth in the gross ...
... passion in the breast , Dryden . Like Aaron's serpent , swallows up the rest . Pope , E.M.11.131 . Riches , like insects , when conceal'd they lie , Wait but for wings , and in their season fly . Pope , M.E.11.169 . Wealth in the gross ...
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