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... hope - to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a ripening , - nips his root , And then he ...
... hope - to - morrow blossoms , And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost , a killing frost ; And when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a ripening , - nips his root , And then he ...
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... hope to win by it ? 111 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iii . Sc . 2 . I have ventur'd Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders , This many summers in a sea of glory . But far beyond my depth ; my high - blown pride At length broke under ...
... hope to win by it ? 111 Shaks .: Henry VIII . Act iii . Sc . 2 . I have ventur'd Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders , This many summers in a sea of glory . But far beyond my depth ; my high - blown pride At length broke under ...
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... hope behind ! What though my winged hours of bliss have been , Like angel - visits , few and far between . 142 Campbell : Pl . of Hope . Pt . ii . Line 375 . ANGER - see Passion , Rage , Temper . Anger's my meat ; I sup upon myself ...
... hope behind ! What though my winged hours of bliss have been , Like angel - visits , few and far between . 142 Campbell : Pl . of Hope . Pt . ii . Line 375 . ANGER - see Passion , Rage , Temper . Anger's my meat ; I sup upon myself ...
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... Hope . Pt . ii . Line 23 . Without the smile from partial beauty won , Oh , what were man ? - a world without a sun ! 359 The Universe is girdled with a chain , And hung below the Throne Where Thou dost sit , the Universe to bless ...
... Hope . Pt . ii . Line 23 . Without the smile from partial beauty won , Oh , what were man ? - a world without a sun ! 359 The Universe is girdled with a chain , And hung below the Throne Where Thou dost sit , the Universe to bless ...
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... hope , to pray , To lift the latch , and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born , Who read to doubt , or read to scorn . 394 BIGOTRY . Scott : Monastery . Ch . xii . Sure ' tis an orthodox opinion , That grace is founded in ...
... hope , to pray , To lift the latch , and force the way ; And better had they ne'er been born , Who read to doubt , or read to scorn . 394 BIGOTRY . Scott : Monastery . Ch . xii . Sure ' tis an orthodox opinion , That grace is founded in ...
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