A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poetsauthor, 1881 - 715 páginas |
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... strange how many unimagin'd charges Can swarm upon a man , when once the lid Of the Pandora box of contumely Is open'd o'er his head . So noble a master fallen ! all gone ! and not One friend , to take his fortune by the arm , And go ...
... strange how many unimagin'd charges Can swarm upon a man , when once the lid Of the Pandora box of contumely Is open'd o'er his head . So noble a master fallen ! all gone ! and not One friend , to take his fortune by the arm , And go ...
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... ( strange to tell , ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . AFOLOGY . Forgive me , Valentine : if hearty sorrow Be a sufficient ransom for offence , I tender it here ; I do as truly suffer As e'er I did offend . I know the action was ...
... ( strange to tell , ) Evanishes at crowing of the cock . AFOLOGY . Forgive me , Valentine : if hearty sorrow Be a sufficient ransom for offence , I tender it here ; I do as truly suffer As e'er I did offend . I know the action was ...
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... strange capricious rules , Gay , Fable 10 . The great ones are thought mad , the small ones fools ; Yet sure the best are more severely fated , Pope . Pope , Apol . 27 . For fools are only laughed at - wits are hated . Blockheads with ...
... strange capricious rules , Gay , Fable 10 . The great ones are thought mad , the small ones fools ; Yet sure the best are more severely fated , Pope . Pope , Apol . 27 . For fools are only laughed at - wits are hated . Blockheads with ...
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... strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy ; Is it less strange the prodigal should waste His wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste ? Pope , M.E.iv.3 . Some , o'er - enamour'd of their bags ...
... strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those riches he can ne'er enjoy ; Is it less strange the prodigal should waste His wealth to purchase what he ne'er can taste ? Pope , M.E.iv.3 . Some , o'er - enamour'd of their bags ...
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... strange contradictions ; I'm new and I'm old , I'm often in tatters , and oft decked with gold . Though I never could read , yet lettered I'm found ; Though blind , I enlighten ; though loose , I am bound . I'm always in black , and I'm ...
... strange contradictions ; I'm new and I'm old , I'm often in tatters , and oft decked with gold . Though I never could read , yet lettered I'm found ; Though blind , I enlighten ; though loose , I am bound . I'm always in black , and I'm ...
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