Sanders' Young Ladies' Reader: Embracing a Comprehensive Course of Instruction in the Principles of Rhetorical Reading : with a Choice Collection of Exercises in Reading, Both in Prose and Poetry, for the Use of the Higher Female Seminaries, as Also, the Higher Classes in Female Schools Generally |
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True , wealth thou hast not — ' tis but dust ! Nor place — uncertain as the wind ! But that thou hast , which , with thy crust , And water , may despise the lust Of both , -a noble mind . 9 . With this , and passions under ban , True ...
True , wealth thou hast not — ' tis but dust ! Nor place — uncertain as the wind ! But that thou hast , which , with thy crust , And water , may despise the lust Of both , -a noble mind . 9 . With this , and passions under ban , True ...
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V. TRUE WIT . True wit is like the brilliant stone , Dug from the Indian mine , Which boasts two different powers in one , To cut as well as shine . Genius , like that , if polished right , With self - same gifts abounds ; Appears at ...
V. TRUE WIT . True wit is like the brilliant stone , Dug from the Indian mine , Which boasts two different powers in one , To cut as well as shine . Genius , like that , if polished right , With self - same gifts abounds ; Appears at ...
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TRUE HAPPINESS . True happiness is not the growth of earth , The soil is fruitless , if you seek it there , ' Tis an exotic of celestial birth , And never blooms but in celestial air . Sweet plant of paradise ! its seeds are sown In ...
TRUE HAPPINESS . True happiness is not the growth of earth , The soil is fruitless , if you seek it there , ' Tis an exotic of celestial birth , And never blooms but in celestial air . Sweet plant of paradise ! its seeds are sown In ...
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