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... Parti . Book ii . Ch . 4 . Every one is the son of his own works . Ibid . Book iv . Ch . 20 . I would do what I pleased , and doing what I pleased , I should have my will , and having my will , I should be contented ; and when one is ...
... Parti . Book ii . Ch . 4 . Every one is the son of his own works . Ibid . Book iv . Ch . 20 . I would do what I pleased , and doing what I pleased , I should have my will , and having my will , I should be contented ; and when one is ...
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... they are the money of fools . The Leviathan . Parti . Ch . 4 . And the life of man solitary , poor , nasty , brut- Ibid . Ch . 13 . ish , and short . JOHN SELDEN . 1584-1654 . Equity is a roguish thing Wither.- Hobbes . 151.
... they are the money of fools . The Leviathan . Parti . Ch . 4 . And the life of man solitary , poor , nasty , brut- Ibid . Ch . 13 . ish , and short . JOHN SELDEN . 1584-1654 . Equity is a roguish thing Wither.- Hobbes . 151.
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... Parti . Ch . I. Angling is somewhat like Poetry , men are to be born so . Part i . Ch . 1 . Old - fashioned poetry , but choicely good . Parti . Ch . 4 . We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler ' said of strawberries : " Doubtless God ...
... Parti . Ch . I. Angling is somewhat like Poetry , men are to be born so . Part i . Ch . 1 . Old - fashioned poetry , but choicely good . Parti . Ch . 4 . We may say of angling as Dr. Boteler ' said of strawberries : " Doubtless God ...
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... Parti . Ch . 21 . FRANCIS QUARLES . 1592 – 1644 . Sweet Phosphor , bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs ; Sweet Phosphor , bring the day ! Sweet Phosphor , bring the day ; Light will repay The wrongs of night ; Sweet ...
... Parti . Ch . 21 . FRANCIS QUARLES . 1592 – 1644 . Sweet Phosphor , bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs ; Sweet Phosphor , bring the day ! Sweet Phosphor , bring the day ; Light will repay The wrongs of night ; Sweet ...
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... Parti . Canto i . Line 11 . We grant , altho ' he had much wit , Parti . Canto i . Line 45 . He was very shy of using it . Beside , ' t is known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak ; That Latin was no more difficile Than to ...
... Parti . Canto i . Line 11 . We grant , altho ' he had much wit , Parti . Canto i . Line 45 . He was very shy of using it . Beside , ' t is known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak ; That Latin was no more difficile Than to ...
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Acti angels Beaumont and Fletcher beauty blessed Book breath Cćsar Canto Canto iii Childe Harold's Pilgrimage dark dead dear death Devil doth dream Dryden Dunciad earth Eccles Eloisa to Abelard Epistle Epitaph Essay eyes Faerie Queene fair fear flower fool give glory grave hand happy hast hath heart heaven Henry honour hope Hudibras Ibid JOHN Julius Cćsar King Lady Letter light Line live Lord man's Matt mind morning nature ne'er never Night numbers o'er Paradise Lost peace pleasure Plutarch Pope Prologue Prov Proverbs Satire Satire vi Shakespeare sigh sleep smile Song Song of Solomon Sonnet sorrow soul Speech spirit Stanza stars sweet tears thee There's thine things THOMAS thought truth unto viii virtue voice weep wind wise woman words young youth