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... Gives promise of a glorious ripened bloom , So was thy childhood to the presage true ! Oh ! thou wert born , so good , so pure , Thou hadst no need life's trials to endure To rectify thy soul ! Affectionate , brave , generous , kind ...
... Gives promise of a glorious ripened bloom , So was thy childhood to the presage true ! Oh ! thou wert born , so good , so pure , Thou hadst no need life's trials to endure To rectify thy soul ! Affectionate , brave , generous , kind ...
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... give a lesson to man . They show the use of activity ; and , at the same time , in various ways , proclaim its power to give happiness . The sluggard has few joys ; while he sleeps , pleasures are passing away un- tasted ; while he ...
... give a lesson to man . They show the use of activity ; and , at the same time , in various ways , proclaim its power to give happiness . The sluggard has few joys ; while he sleeps , pleasures are passing away un- tasted ; while he ...
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... gives pleasure , but prevents wickedness . We will , therefore , be industrious ; all nature bids us be so . Whither shall we turn our steps ? no matter whither . Beauty and delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is ...
... gives pleasure , but prevents wickedness . We will , therefore , be industrious ; all nature bids us be so . Whither shall we turn our steps ? no matter whither . Beauty and delight shall meet us . wherever we go . The gay furze is ...
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... give us another specimen of the embryo of vege- tation . Split asunder this hardy bean , and in its bosom we shall discover the germ of a future plant . But does no garden gladden our home- ły dwelling ? 8 THE PLEASURES.
... give us another specimen of the embryo of vege- tation . Split asunder this hardy bean , and in its bosom we shall discover the germ of a future plant . But does no garden gladden our home- ły dwelling ? 8 THE PLEASURES.
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... , en- riched with more costly exotics . All give specimens of blooming na- ture , all disclose beauty to the eye , and yield fragrance to the air . All offer a pure source of genuine pleasure . Whether B 5 , OF SPRING . 9.
... , en- riched with more costly exotics . All give specimens of blooming na- ture , all disclose beauty to the eye , and yield fragrance to the air . All offer a pure source of genuine pleasure . Whether B 5 , OF SPRING . 9.
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Albert art thou beauteous Flora beauty beguiling Behold blessed blest bliss blooming blush bosom bough bound breast bright brother butterfly calm charm cheek cheer child of fortune coloured Conrad consolation dimpled discontent ditto enjoy evil fate favoured feeble feel feli felicity Fleet Street Florio flowers fragrance friends gaiety gaily gave gaze gift glow grace grave happiness History of England hour Hubert human humble insect Jessy JOHN SCOTT labour landscape laughed lost loved child luxurious maternal ment mercy merry mirth Miss Sandham mother's mourn mourner natural evil nature nosegay nursling pain passing plain playmates pleasure precious Price rich rill scene SHILLINGS AND SIXPENCE sigh smile smooth snowy sorrow soul sparkling sportive spot spring sweet taste tears tender thee thou hast thought thy eyes thy heart tints tion toys turf virtue vols walk wealth Wherefore wild wild rose wood yield young youth
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Page 99 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
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