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... rest of life is a mistake , a boredom , a sham . Work is the only joy . And he takes pains to be exact . He can put a hundred even lines into an inch of wood , guiding his graver with that left thumb of his which is another brain . He ...
... rest of life is a mistake , a boredom , a sham . Work is the only joy . And he takes pains to be exact . He can put a hundred even lines into an inch of wood , guiding his graver with that left thumb of his which is another brain . He ...
Page xvii
... rests . upon it . But the great poem remains . It shines lovelier . For it has the light of life Our life , now . The same old verities are still there . Death is still seen in all its an- cient solemnity in an old American propped up ...
... rests . upon it . But the great poem remains . It shines lovelier . For it has the light of life Our life , now . The same old verities are still there . Death is still seen in all its an- cient solemnity in an old American propped up ...
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... village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood , Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood . i 1 פת SARBR SHOP Th ' applause of list'ning. 29.
... village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood , Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest , Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood . i 1 פת SARBR SHOP Th ' applause of list'ning. 29.
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