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" When what t' oblivion better were resign'd Is hung on high, to poison half mankind, All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud... "
English exercises, adapted to the grammar lately published by L. Murray ... - Page 44
by Lindley Murray - 1823
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1808 - 352 pages
...round the head, but comes not to the heart : t" One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 X *« Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; " And more...exil'd feels, " Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. " In parts superior what advantage lies ? " Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 269 " 'Tis but...
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A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and ..., Volume 1

Thomas Coke - Haiti - 1808 - 476 pages
...been vOL. i. D contemplating, arising from actions which issue in endless good ? On such occasions, " One self-approving hour whole years outweighs " Of..." And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels " Than Cezar with the senate at his heels." To contemplate the spread of the everlasting gospel ; to see its...
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English Exercises, Adapted to Murray's English Grammar:: Consisting of ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1808 - 178 pages
...of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart One self.approving hour wholeyears outweighs Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exiiM feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5

1808 - 408 pages
...high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid etarers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exii'd feels, Than Cscsar with a seuate at...
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The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: In Four Volumes. Collated with the ...

Alexander Pope, Thomas Park - 1808 - 328 pages
...poison half mankind. '-' All fame is foreign but of true desert, * Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : ' One self-approving hour whole years outweighs "' Of stupid atarers and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus, exil'd, feels -';; Than Caesar with a senate...
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Abridgement of Murray's English Grammar: With an Appendix, Containing ...

Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 114 pages
...fragrance smells to Heav'n. All fame is foreign, but of true desert-; Plays round the head, but coriies not to the heart! One self-approving hour whole years...stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy MarceHus exil'd feels, Than Csesai' with a senate at his heels. Far from the madding crowd's ignoble...
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An American Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking: Calculated to ...

Noah Webster - Readers - 1809 - 202 pages
...half mankind. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to tho 1 One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid...and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy, Marcellus, cxil'd, feels, Than Caesar, with a Senate ut his heels. In parts superior, what advantage lies ? Tell...
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Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition, Addressed to His Son

George Gregory - Books and reading - 1809 - 384 pages
...Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart : One self-approving hour whole years outweighs 255 Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas ; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels, Than Cacsar with a senate at his heels. " In parts superior what advantage lies ! Tell (for you can) what...
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The History of an Officer's Widow and Her Young Family

Mrs. Barbara Wreaks Hoole Hofland - 1809 - 204 pages
...her ailments ; was the sweetest cordial his mind had ever tasted, and he felt how true it is, that One self-approving hour whole years outweighs, Of stupid starers, and of loud huzzas. " There is nothing but letters for you to-day," said Mr. Corbett, bringing in another. " Here is one,...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...the proud shall be. Fame. All fame is foreign, but of true desert ; Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self.approving hour whole years...exil'd feels, Than Caesar with a senate at his heels. Virtue the Guardian of Youth. Down the smooth stream of life the stripling darts, . Gay as the morn,...
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