Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volume 97Pub. for J. Hinton., 1795 |
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... STUDY Scattering Flowers over TIME . Oh ! bleft of Heav'n , whom not the languid songs Of Luxury , the syren , nor the bribes Or fordid wealth , nor all the gaudy spoils Of pageant honour , can seduce to leave Those ever - blooming ...
... STUDY Scattering Flowers over TIME . Oh ! bleft of Heav'n , whom not the languid songs Of Luxury , the syren , nor the bribes Or fordid wealth , nor all the gaudy spoils Of pageant honour , can seduce to leave Those ever - blooming ...
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... studies , says Tully , in a passage which cannot be too often repeated , afford nourish ment to our youth , and ... Study his never- failing companion , and scattering her sweeteft flowers on his hoary head . objects from our eyes ...
... studies , says Tully , in a passage which cannot be too often repeated , afford nourish ment to our youth , and ... Study his never- failing companion , and scattering her sweeteft flowers on his hoary head . objects from our eyes ...
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... There are many more good books than you can possibly study in the course of the longest life . Read , therefore , no bad books . Μ . Ν . HISTORY OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL WIT . To the Editor of 2 16 THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE a ...
... There are many more good books than you can possibly study in the course of the longest life . Read , therefore , no bad books . Μ . Ν . HISTORY OF AN UNSUCCESSFUL WIT . To the Editor of 2 16 THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE a ...
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... study , but no man can fet the table in a roar , whose bills are not negotiable , or whose estate is in nubibus . Hence , fir , the little fuccess I have had has been in the fervants ' hall , or in the kitchen ; but I never could afford ...
... study , but no man can fet the table in a roar , whose bills are not negotiable , or whose estate is in nubibus . Hence , fir , the little fuccess I have had has been in the fervants ' hall , or in the kitchen ; but I never could afford ...
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... study , or relax from labour . So frequently , indeed , do such examples recur , that they are thought to be natural , and in works professedly defcriptive of human life and manners , in novels and plays , we very frequently meet with a ...
... study , or relax from labour . So frequently , indeed , do such examples recur , that they are thought to be natural , and in works professedly defcriptive of human life and manners , in novels and plays , we very frequently meet with a ...
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