Gaieties and Gravities: A Series of Essays, Comic Tales, and Fugitive Vagaries. Now First Collected, Volume 1 |
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... hour , what human soul could live ? We trifle all , and he who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both trifiers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET ...
... hour , what human soul could live ? We trifle all , and he who best deserves Is but a trifler . What art thou whose eye Follows my pen , or what am I that write ? Both trifiers . " HURDIS . LONDON : HENRY COLBURN , NEW BURLINGTON STREET ...
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... hours of recreation . Be- sides , it is like a hollow friend : its heart soon gets cold , it ceases to pour forth its consolations with any warmth of feeling , and so spoils our tea that it may gratify our sight . It is hallowed by no ...
... hours of recreation . Be- sides , it is like a hollow friend : its heart soon gets cold , it ceases to pour forth its consolations with any warmth of feeling , and so spoils our tea that it may gratify our sight . It is hallowed by no ...
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... hours , noise , lassitude , hot air , And dissipation's dangers share , — MY KETTLE ! But thine , my nightly Philomel , — Thine is a voice whose magic spell , Like Prospero's can tempests quell , — MY KETTLE ! Peace , home , content ...
... hours , noise , lassitude , hot air , And dissipation's dangers share , — MY KETTLE ! But thine , my nightly Philomel , — Thine is a voice whose magic spell , Like Prospero's can tempests quell , — MY KETTLE ! Peace , home , content ...
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... hour by hour , Both seeking whom they may devour ; And since th ' inseparable two A partnership in this world form , Heaven grant that both may have their due , And , in the next , be friends as warm ! " ON DANCING . A good man's ...
... hour by hour , Both seeking whom they may devour ; And since th ' inseparable two A partnership in this world form , Heaven grant that both may have their due , And , in the next , be friends as warm ! " ON DANCING . A good man's ...
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... hour , In vain I struggle to forget ; Still does my heart confess thy power , And fondly turn to thee . When night is near , and friends are far , And , through the tree that shades my cot I gaze upon the evening star , How do I mourn ...
... hour , In vain I struggle to forget ; Still does my heart confess thy power , And fondly turn to thee . When night is near , and friends are far , And , through the tree that shades my cot I gaze upon the evening star , How do I mourn ...
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