The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature of All Times and Nations, Том 3Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley Gebbie Publishing Company, Limited, 1884 |
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... honor , and for honorable birth ; Train'd in exercise and art , in sacred dance and song , All are ousted and supplanted by a base ignoble throng ; Paltry stamp and vulgar mettle raise them to command and place , Brazen counterfeit ...
... honor , and for honorable birth ; Train'd in exercise and art , in sacred dance and song , All are ousted and supplanted by a base ignoble throng ; Paltry stamp and vulgar mettle raise them to command and place , Brazen counterfeit ...
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... honor ; if we fall , it must be so ! -But there was an ancient saying , which we all have heard and know , That the wise , in dangerous cases , have esteemed it safe and good To receive a slight chastisement from a wand of noble wood ...
... honor ; if we fall , it must be so ! -But there was an ancient saying , which we all have heard and know , That the wise , in dangerous cases , have esteemed it safe and good To receive a slight chastisement from a wand of noble wood ...
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... duty , the task of a poet , Fulfilling in honor , his office and trust , Look to traditional history - look To antiquity , primitive , early , remote . 2 e - I'm come in search of a take hold THE FROGS OF ARISTOPHANES . 17.
... duty , the task of a poet , Fulfilling in honor , his office and trust , Look to traditional history - look To antiquity , primitive , early , remote . 2 e - I'm come in search of a take hold THE FROGS OF ARISTOPHANES . 17.
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... honors . Representative in Congress from Ohio in 1830-40 , and again in 1859-61 , he was chosen Governor of Ohio in 1840 , Senator from 1845- 50 , Secretary of the Treasury 1850-53 , and Minister to Mexico in 1862. Mr. Corwin was one of ...
... honors . Representative in Congress from Ohio in 1830-40 , and again in 1859-61 , he was chosen Governor of Ohio in 1840 , Senator from 1845- 50 , Secretary of the Treasury 1850-53 , and Minister to Mexico in 1862. Mr. Corwin was one of ...
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... honor , and had sunk under disappointed hopes and blighted affection . " Rallying from his mental disease , Swift wrote some of his best minor pieces , in- cluding " The Modest Proposal , " a master- piece of irony , in which he ...
... honor , and had sunk under disappointed hopes and blighted affection . " Rallying from his mental disease , Swift wrote some of his best minor pieces , in- cluding " The Modest Proposal , " a master- piece of irony , in which he ...
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