The Literary Reader: Typical Selections from Some of the Best British and American Authors from Shakespeare to the Present Time Chronologically Arranged : with Biographical and Critical Sketches and Numerous Notes, Etc., Etc.,Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor,, 1879 - 426 pages |
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... o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment , With this regard , their currents turn awry , And lose the name of action . POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO HIS SON . GIVE thy thoughts no 6 CATHCART'S LITERARY READER .
... o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment , With this regard , their currents turn awry , And lose the name of action . POLONIUS'S ADVICE TO HIS SON . GIVE thy thoughts no 6 CATHCART'S LITERARY READER .
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... o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endeared each scene ; How often have I paused on every charm , — The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topped the neighboring ...
... o'er thy green , Where humble happiness endeared each scene ; How often have I paused on every charm , — The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never - failing brook , the busy mill , The decent church that topped the neighboring ...
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... o'er with years , And hoary was his hair . 66 Young stranger , whither wanderest thou ? " 99 Began the reverend sage ; " Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain , Or youthful pleasures rage ? Or haply , prest with cares and woes , Too ...
... o'er with years , And hoary was his hair . 66 Young stranger , whither wanderest thou ? " 99 Began the reverend sage ; " Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain , Or youthful pleasures rage ? Or haply , prest with cares and woes , Too ...
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... ' worth , Are higher ranks than a ' that . Then let us pray that come it may , As come it will for a ' that , That sense and worth , o'er a ' the earth 54 CATHCART'S LITERARY READER . HOW CERTAIN PLANTS CAPTURE INSECTS GRAY 240.
... ' worth , Are higher ranks than a ' that . Then let us pray that come it may , As come it will for a ' that , That sense and worth , o'er a ' the earth 54 CATHCART'S LITERARY READER . HOW CERTAIN PLANTS CAPTURE INSECTS GRAY 240.
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... o'er a ' the earth , May bear the gree , and a ' that ; For a ' that , and a ' that , It's coming yet , for a ' that ; That man to man , the warld o'er , Shall brothers be for a ' that . BANNOCKBURN . * Ar Bannockburn the English lay ...
... o'er a ' the earth , May bear the gree , and a ' that ; For a ' that , and a ' that , It's coming yet , for a ' that ; That man to man , the warld o'er , Shall brothers be for a ' that . BANNOCKBURN . * Ar Bannockburn the English lay ...
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