Helen: A Tale, Volume 2Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1834 - English fiction |
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Page 29 - Has every repartee in store She spoke ten thousand times before ; Can ready compliments supply On all occasions, cut and dry ; Such hatred to a parson's gown, The sight will put her in a swoon $ For conversation well endued, She calls it witty to be rude ; And, placing raillery in railing, Will tell aloud your greatest failing...
Page 29 - If good people," said Archbishop Usher, " would but make goodness agreeable, and smile, instead of . frowning in their virtue, how many they would win to the good cause...
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