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" Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;... "
A System of English Grammar - Page 149
by Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 168 pages
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The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume 2

Thomas Medwin - 1847 - 384 pages
...will live on through all time. But Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor is the glittering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies,...perfect witness of all-judging Jove, As he pronounces justly on each deed. Of so much fame in Heaven expect the meed ! These Memorabilia would be incomplete,...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest Productions ...

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...praise," Phrcbus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, rod under their girdle ; when, instead of awe, they...make them past grace, and leave them rich executore JOTC ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' [Satan'i Addreu...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal sou, !i | ` lires and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces...
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Suggestions for the Amelioration of the Present Condition of Ireland

Montague Gore - Economic history - 1847 - 76 pages
...indeed done in distant and secluded spots ; they could look forward to no meed of public fame — " In the glistering foil " Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour ;" yet shall they have their reward. The feelings of grateful attachment which such conduct has kindled,...
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The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh: Three ...

Sir James Mackintosh - Ethics - 1848 - 630 pages
...purest praise of таял, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plnnt that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.* Those who have most earnestly inculcated the doctrine of Utility have given another notable example...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, 0v1 {1 1 Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' [Satan's Address to the Sun.'] [From ' Paradise Lost.1]...
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Sharpe's London Magazine, Volume 9

English literature - 1849 - 292 pages
...to the breath of slander and the shaft of envy : — " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor...But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfeet witness of all-jndging Jove; As He pronounees lastly on eaeh deed, Of BO mueh fame in Heaven...
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Sharpe's London Magazine: a Journal of Entertainment and ..., Volume 9

1849 - 296 pages
...to the breath of slander and the shaft of envy : — " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies;^j But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfeet witness of all-jndging Jove; As...
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Beauties of the British Poets ...

George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...praise,' Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world,...all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed. O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding...
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Miscellaneous Works

Sir James Mackintosh - 1850 - 597 pages
...the purest praise of man, to more sublime contemplations. Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, But lives and spreads aloft, by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove.* Those who have most earnestly inculcated the doctrine of Utility have given another notable example...
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