A Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poetsauthor, 1881 - 715 Seiten |
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... rich nor rare . But wonder how the devil they got there . Pope , Ep , to Arb . AMBITION- -see Fame , Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all ...
... rich nor rare . But wonder how the devil they got there . Pope , Ep , to Arb . AMBITION- -see Fame , Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all ...
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... rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carry'd only to extreme ; To be sublimely great , or to ...
... rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carry'd only to extreme ; To be sublimely great , or to ...
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... rich : And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth in the meanest habit . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not expressed in fancy ; rich , not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man . APPEAL ...
... rich : And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds , So honour peereth in the meanest habit . Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy , But not expressed in fancy ; rich , not gaudy : For the apparel oft proclaims the man . APPEAL ...
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... rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear : Beauty too rich for use , for earth too dear ! Sh . Rom . Jul . 1. 5 . The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp ; her eyes in heaven , Would through the airy region ...
... rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear : Beauty too rich for use , for earth too dear ! Sh . Rom . Jul . 1. 5 . The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars As daylight doth a lamp ; her eyes in heaven , Would through the airy region ...
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... rich in matter than in words , Brags of his substance , not of ornament : They are but beggars that can count their worth . I know them , yea , Sh . Rom . Jul . 11. 6 . And what they weigh , even to the utmost scruple : Scrambling ...
... rich in matter than in words , Brags of his substance , not of ornament : They are but beggars that can count their worth . I know them , yea , Sh . Rom . Jul . 11. 6 . And what they weigh , even to the utmost scruple : Scrambling ...
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