Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 6S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 166
... Happy , O happy they ! whose tomb might be , Mausolus ! envied by thee ! 91. The Country Mouse . COWLEY . AT the large foot of a fair hollow tree , Close to plough'd ground , seated commodiously , His ancient and hereditary house ...
... Happy , O happy they ! whose tomb might be , Mausolus ! envied by thee ! 91. The Country Mouse . COWLEY . AT the large foot of a fair hollow tree , Close to plough'd ground , seated commodiously , His ancient and hereditary house ...
Page 167
... Happy insect ! happy ! thou Dost neither age nor winter know : And dreamest o'er thy summer joys , Free from the stormy season's noise ; Free from th ' ill thou ' st done to me ; Who disturbs or seeks out thee ? Hadst thou all the ...
... Happy insect ! happy ! thou Dost neither age nor winter know : And dreamest o'er thy summer joys , Free from the stormy season's noise ; Free from th ' ill thou ' st done to me ; Who disturbs or seeks out thee ? Hadst thou all the ...
Page 286
... happy Life . SIR HENRY WOTTON . How happy is he born and taught , That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ; Whose passions not his masters are , Whose soul is still prepar ...
... happy Life . SIR HENRY WOTTON . How happy is he born and taught , That serveth not another's will ; Whose armour is his honest thought , And simple truth his utmost skill ; Whose passions not his masters are , Whose soul is still prepar ...
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