The Triumvirate, by three members of Harrow school |
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... right : " Alas ! my son , " he chiding thus began , " " Tis never yours to be a first - class man , " Alas ! thou canst not , on some future day , " As Senior Wrangler bear the prize away . " Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit . " " O.
... right : " Alas ! my son , " he chiding thus began , " " Tis never yours to be a first - class man , " Alas ! thou canst not , on some future day , " As Senior Wrangler bear the prize away . " Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit . " " O.
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... thou linger on this wretched shore , " Backwards for forwards go , and learn no more . " Chiding he spoke , and quickly from my sight He fled , and vanished in a flash of light ; Nought was for me but to lament my woe , Mourn my hard ...
... thou linger on this wretched shore , " Backwards for forwards go , and learn no more . " Chiding he spoke , and quickly from my sight He fled , and vanished in a flash of light ; Nought was for me but to lament my woe , Mourn my hard ...
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... thou absent , conqueror of despair , Hope , gentle goddess , wert thou absent there ? Strove not thy faithful presence still to bless And cheer the lonely moments of distress : While close attendant on thy footsteps came Thy sister ...
... thou absent , conqueror of despair , Hope , gentle goddess , wert thou absent there ? Strove not thy faithful presence still to bless And cheer the lonely moments of distress : While close attendant on thy footsteps came Thy sister ...
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... thou , O Spirit , but our efforts bless , " And nought shall dare deprive us of success . " E'en as I spoke the form appeared to change , His face to glisten with a colour strange , - I gazed astounded , -seemed the form to know , When ...
... thou , O Spirit , but our efforts bless , " And nought shall dare deprive us of success . " E'en as I spoke the form appeared to change , His face to glisten with a colour strange , - I gazed astounded , -seemed the form to know , When ...
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... some way appreciated . " Thou shouldest above all things " said one of the later emperors of Constantinople to his son , " direct thy cares and thy attention to the liquid fire which Gunpowder : its Uses and Abuses . 129 is thrown.
... some way appreciated . " Thou shouldest above all things " said one of the later emperors of Constantinople to his son , " direct thy cares and thy attention to the liquid fire which Gunpowder : its Uses and Abuses . 129 is thrown.
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