Mother Goose for Grown FolksHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1887 - 204 páginas |
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Página 41
... poor human nature a pendulum seems , That must constantly vibrate between two extremes . The closer the arrow is drawn to the bow , Once slipped from the string , all the further ' t will go : Let a panic arise in the world of finance ...
... poor human nature a pendulum seems , That must constantly vibrate between two extremes . The closer the arrow is drawn to the bow , Once slipped from the string , all the further ' t will go : Let a panic arise in the world of finance ...
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... diet , And yet this poor woman Scarce ever was quiet . " AND were you so foolish As really to think That all she could want Was her victuals and drink ? And that while she was furnished With that sort of VICTUALS AND DRINK.
... diet , And yet this poor woman Scarce ever was quiet . " AND were you so foolish As really to think That all she could want Was her victuals and drink ? And that while she was furnished With that sort of VICTUALS AND DRINK.
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... poor little sister , She has but one eye ! ” ROUGH Common Sense doth here confess Her kinship to Imagination ; Betraying also , I should guess , Some little pride in the relation . Hop prio For even while vexed , and puzzled too FANTASY.
... poor little sister , She has but one eye ! ” ROUGH Common Sense doth here confess Her kinship to Imagination ; Betraying also , I should guess , Some little pride in the relation . Hop prio For even while vexed , and puzzled too FANTASY.
Página 90
... us of our doubt Is there no other thing to do But we must turn poor Fancy out , And only downright Fact pursue ? Ah , see you not , bewildered man ! The heavenly beauty of the plan ? ' T was so ordained , in counsels high ,
... us of our doubt Is there no other thing to do But we must turn poor Fancy out , And only downright Fact pursue ? Ah , see you not , bewildered man ! The heavenly beauty of the plan ? ' T was so ordained , in counsels high ,
Página 93
... poor Benedict might advertise , When weary , at length , of the light of his eyes , - Or failing to find her , it may be , in salt , — -- " Disposed of , indeed , for no manner of fault , " ( To borrow a figure of speech from the mart ...
... poor Benedict might advertise , When weary , at length , of the light of his eyes , - Or failing to find her , it may be , in salt , — -- " Disposed of , indeed , for no manner of fault , " ( To borrow a figure of speech from the mart ...
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