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... ( Thou shalt go , thou shalt return , thou shalt not die in battle ) , which by a different punctuation may be made to give an exactly opposite mean- ing . When Edward II . was a prisoner at Berkeley Castle , the queen ( Isabella ) sent ...
... ( Thou shalt go , thou shalt return , thou shalt not die in battle ) , which by a different punctuation may be made to give an exactly opposite mean- ing . When Edward II . was a prisoner at Berkeley Castle , the queen ( Isabella ) sent ...
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... thou wilt be ashes . 178. Ales volat propriis . ( L . ) - A bird flies to its own . of Lord Hothfield . 179. Alfana vient d'equus sans doute , Mais il faut avouer aussi Qu'en venant de là jusqu'ici Il a bien changé sur la route . Motto ...
... thou wilt be ashes . 178. Ales volat propriis . ( L . ) - A bird flies to its own . of Lord Hothfield . 179. Alfana vient d'equus sans doute , Mais il faut avouer aussi Qu'en venant de là jusqu'ici Il a bien changé sur la route . Motto ...
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... pas tes peines . ( Fr. ) Charleval ? —Oh love , all the pleasures of the world are not worth the pains thou causest . The preceding lines are : Bien que mes espérances vaines 36 AMITIÉ . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is by...
... pas tes peines . ( Fr. ) Charleval ? —Oh love , all the pleasures of the world are not worth the pains thou causest . The preceding lines are : Bien que mes espérances vaines 36 AMITIÉ . Jane weeps not for her dad when none is by...
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... thou now wing thy distant flight ? No more with wonted humour gay , But pallid , cheerless , and forlorn . - Lord Byron . 291. Animum nunc huc , nunc dividit illuc . ( L. ) Virg . A. 4 , 285 . So by conflicting cares distraught This way ...
... thou now wing thy distant flight ? No more with wonted humour gay , But pallid , cheerless , and forlorn . - Lord Byron . 291. Animum nunc huc , nunc dividit illuc . ( L. ) Virg . A. 4 , 285 . So by conflicting cares distraught This way ...
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... thou not know , my son , with how very little wisdom the world is governed ? From a letter of the illustrious Swedish statesman to his son John , the envoy of Sweden to the Conference at Munster , 1648 , where the Treaty of Westphalia ...
... thou not know , my son , with how very little wisdom the world is governed ? From a letter of the illustrious Swedish statesman to his son John , the envoy of Sweden to the Conference at Munster , 1648 , where the Treaty of Westphalia ...
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