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... TO - MORROW OF AUTHORSHIP OF MYSTERY OF GIFTS OF BEAUTY - OF FAME OF FLATTERY OF NEGLECT OF CONTENTMENT OF LIFE · 193 198 - 201 - 204 212 221 227 243 252 262 - 271 · 277 Or DEATH OF IMMORTALITY OF IDEAS Page - 284 - iv 4 CONTENTS .
... TO - MORROW OF AUTHORSHIP OF MYSTERY OF GIFTS OF BEAUTY - OF FAME OF FLATTERY OF NEGLECT OF CONTENTMENT OF LIFE · 193 198 - 201 - 204 212 221 227 243 252 262 - 271 · 277 Or DEATH OF IMMORTALITY OF IDEAS Page - 284 - iv 4 CONTENTS .
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... flattery , The smile of seeming approbation is ever the companion of his presence , And courteous looks , and warm regards , earn him all their hearts . NOTHING but may be better , and every better might be best The blind may discern ...
... flattery , The smile of seeming approbation is ever the companion of his presence , And courteous looks , and warm regards , earn him all their hearts . NOTHING but may be better , and every better might be best The blind may discern ...
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... Flattery hideth her varnished face when Friendship sitteth at his board ; And the door is shut upon suspicion , but candor is bid glad welcome , For friendship abhorreth doubt , its life is in mutual trust , And perisheth , when artful ...
... Flattery hideth her varnished face when Friendship sitteth at his board ; And the door is shut upon suspicion , but candor is bid glad welcome , For friendship abhorreth doubt , its life is in mutual trust , And perisheth , when artful ...
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... flattery , but love , -the sympathy of men his breth- ren . Give , for encouragement in good ; the weak desponding mind Hath many foes , and much to do , and leaneth on its friends . Yet heed thou wisely these ; give seldom to thy ...
... flattery , but love , -the sympathy of men his breth- ren . Give , for encouragement in good ; the weak desponding mind Hath many foes , and much to do , and leaneth on its friends . Yet heed thou wisely these ; give seldom to thy ...
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... not one among a million who is proof against the charm of liberality , And flattery , that boon of praise , hath power with the wisest . MAN is of three natures , craving all for charity 226 [ SERIES II . PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
... not one among a million who is proof against the charm of liberality , And flattery , that boon of praise , hath power with the wisest . MAN is of three natures , craving all for charity 226 [ SERIES II . PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.
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art thou beauty Behold better blessing buoyancy censer charity child count creature curse dark death Deucalion doth dread dull earth evil fair faith false fame fancy father fear flattery flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hate hath heaven heed Herodotus hideth holy honesty honor hope humble humility Jehovah knoweth knowledge labor light live look loveth mammon man's memorial of earth mercy mighty mind mocketh mystery ness never Nireus numbered Ovid Palenque peace Phryne pleasure poison praise prayer precious pride psaltery reason Rechab rich scorn secret selfish shalt thou sloth smile solitude sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet tence thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thoughts thy heart thyself tion to-day toil tongue trust truth unto vanity Verily weak wealth weary Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
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Page 366 - Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. As many were astonied at thee, (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men...
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Page 380 - I'll bestow Sir Thomas Overbury's milkmaid's wish upon her, "that she may die in the Spring; and, being dead, may have good store of flowers stuck round about her winding-sheet.
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Page 161 - Yet is it a talent of trust, a loan to be rendered back with interest...