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Page 147 - But habitudes of those that live ; Who, lighting him, did greater lights receive; He drain'd from all, and all they knew. His apprehension quick, his judgment true : That the most learn'd with shame confess, His knowledge more, his reading only less.
Page 74 - Christ was the word that spake it, He took the bread and brake it, And what that word did make it, That I believe and take it.
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Page 146 - tis, oh then, that I think there's no Hell Like loving too well. But when I consider the truth of her heart, Such an innocent passion, so kind without art, I fear I have wronged her, and hope she may be So full of true love to be jealous of me.
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Page 264 - Now cease, my lute, this is the last 'Labour, that thou and I shall waste ; And ended is that we begun : Now is this song both sung and past ; My lute, be still, for I have done.
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| Title | A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Volume 1 A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland: With Lists of Their Works, Horace Walpole |
| Author | Horace Walpole |
| Editor | Thomas Park |
| Publisher | J. Scott, 1806 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Apr 18, 2006 |
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