Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed. Stories for the fire-side; or, Moral improvement illustrated - Page 135by Miss Rignall - 1839 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
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...chaste and good, and let us read The living page, whose ev'ry character Delights and gives us wisdom. Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains...new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed. See, ere we pass Alcanor's threshold, to the curious eye A little monitor... | |
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...living page, whofe ev'ry chara&er Delights and gives us wifdom. Not a tree A plant, a leaf, a blofibm, but contains A folio volume. We may read and read And read again, and ftill find fomething new, Something to pleafe, and fomething to inftruct, E'en in the noifome weed.... | |
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...WILLIAM CURTIS, Author of the FLORA LONDINENSIS. VOL. XI. " Not a tree, " A plant, a leaf, a bloflbm, but contains " A folio volume. We may read and read, " And read again, and ftill find fomething new, " Something to pleafe, and fomething to inftruft." THE VILLAGE CURATR. LONDON:... | |
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| Ann Gibbs - 1803 - 148 pages
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| William Enfield - Elocution - 1805 - 456 pages
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| William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
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| James Hurdis - 1810 - 358 pages
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