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" This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. "
The Works of the British Poets - Page 224
by Robert Anderson - 1795 - 1157 pages
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'Hand and heart' Christmas box of firside tales and sketches by A. Giberne ...

Hand and heart - 1879 - 180 pages
...object, the young wife merited her old Hebrew name of Beulah. s CHAPTER II. ABOUT LODGINGS AND LODGERS. This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. COWLEY. ETTERS were not so frequent at widow Curtice's as to be received with indifference, or so numerous...
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The English Poets, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pages
...before. EDITOR. 1 Spectator, no. 62. I. A WISH. [First printed in Poetical Blossomes, 2nd edition.] This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...too high. Some honour I would have Not from great deeds, but good alone. The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance...
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The English Poets: Selections, Volume 2

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 524 pages
...before. EDITOR. 1 Spectator, no. 62. 1. A WISH, [First printed in Poetical Blossomes, 2nd edition.] This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...too high. Some honour I would have Not from great deeds, but good alone. The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance...
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A Practical English Grammar: For the Use of Schools and Private Students

Albert Newton Raub - 1880 - 280 pages
...nests, repair. — Milton. Exercise. Analyze the following sentences, and parse all the adjectives: L This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low for envy, for contempt too high. — Cowley. 1. They shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. —...
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The Family Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best ...

William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...? From ignorance our comfort flows, The only wretched are the wise. MATTHEW PRIOR. OF MYSELF. Tins 72 02 honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known :...
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Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an ..., Volume 1

George Gilfillan - 1881 - 744 pages
...of Pythagoras) Keep me, 0 Fortune ! now, And chines of beef innumerable send me, Or from the stomach of the guard defend me. IX. This only grant me, that...too high. Some honour I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone : The unknown are better than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

1881 - 578 pages
...; and hence the ntjyrfme charm of Cowley's Essays, more especially of this essay."— Bithop Burd. \/ \/ $\/ deeds, bnt Rood alone ; The unknown are better, than ill known : Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance...
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The Fireside Encyclopaedia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most ...

Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...to feign, and wish'd to see, My Muse bade, Bedford write, and that was she. BEN JOXSOH. OF MYSELF. d to please her mind, Kotes from the lark I'll borrow ; Bird, prune thy wing, nightinga honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill known :...
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The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by ..., Volume 2

Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 524 pages
...before. EDITOR. * Spectator, no. 62. I. A WISH. [First printed in Poetical Btossomes, 2nd edition.] This only grant me, that my means may lie Too low...too high. Some honour I would have Not from great deeds, but good alone. The unknown are better than ill known ; Rumour can ope the grave. Acquaintance...
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Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry

Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...(kind spirits!) shall all rejoice to see How little less than they exalted man may be. FROM "THE WISH." Doth every beast keep holiday ; — Thou child of joy, Shout round me, let mo hear thy honor I would have, Not from great deeds, but good alone ; The unknown are better than ill kuown ;...
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