Laconics: Or Instructive Miscellanies, Selected from the Best Authors, Ancient and Modern ...1827 - 188 pages |
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... sleep and feed ? a beast , no more . Surely he that made us with such large discourse Looking before , and after , gave us not That expability , and God - like reason , To rust in us unused . DANGER . The absent danger greater still ...
... sleep and feed ? a beast , no more . Surely he that made us with such large discourse Looking before , and after , gave us not That expability , and God - like reason , To rust in us unused . DANGER . The absent danger greater still ...
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... sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer - the rest on nature fix . Rather , Six hours to law , to soothing slumber seven , Ten to the world allot , and all to heaven . Memoirs of the Life of Sir Wm . Jones . Daily ...
... sleep , in law's grave study six , Four spend in prayer - the rest on nature fix . Rather , Six hours to law , to soothing slumber seven , Ten to the world allot , and all to heaven . Memoirs of the Life of Sir Wm . Jones . Daily ...
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... sleep is to the body , nourishment and refreshment . It is a great virtue . It covers folly , keeps secrets , avoids disputes , and prevents sin . Penn . It is not uncommon for one called an amateur , to be so pleased with the skill of ...
... sleep is to the body , nourishment and refreshment . It is a great virtue . It covers folly , keeps secrets , avoids disputes , and prevents sin . Penn . It is not uncommon for one called an amateur , to be so pleased with the skill of ...
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... sleeps and dashes on the rocky coast . Thou breathest ; -and the obedient storm is still : Thou speakest ; -silent the submissive wave : Man's shattered ship the rushing waters fill , And the hushed billows roll across his grave ...
... sleeps and dashes on the rocky coast . Thou breathest ; -and the obedient storm is still : Thou speakest ; -silent the submissive wave : Man's shattered ship the rushing waters fill , And the hushed billows roll across his grave ...
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... sleep . Ye faithless slumbers , fleet not thus away , And leave my wistful eyes to wake and weep . Oh ! I was ... sleep these visions will restore , O let me sleep again and never waken more . - Anon . ON MY FATHER'S TOMB . No splendid ...
... sleep . Ye faithless slumbers , fleet not thus away , And leave my wistful eyes to wake and weep . Oh ! I was ... sleep these visions will restore , O let me sleep again and never waken more . - Anon . ON MY FATHER'S TOMB . No splendid ...
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