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Such is her life ; and like the wise and great , The mind has journey'd hand in hand with fate : Her thoughts , unused to take a longer flight Than from the left - hand counter to the right , With little change , are vacillating still ...
Such is her life ; and like the wise and great , The mind has journey'd hand in hand with fate : Her thoughts , unused to take a longer flight Than from the left - hand counter to the right , With little change , are vacillating still ...
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Men began to shake off their slumbers and no longer dozing over dogmas and indulging in visions , while the " inspired ' " soul of Plato unfolded to them -what vast regions hold The immortal mind that has forsook Her mansion in this ...
Men began to shake off their slumbers and no longer dozing over dogmas and indulging in visions , while the " inspired ' " soul of Plato unfolded to them -what vast regions hold The immortal mind that has forsook Her mansion in this ...
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would judge perhaps from these , that the author had read largely , and that his fine memory was abundantly stored ; that his mind had more of alacrity than insight , and was more greedy of accumulation than patient in exploring .
would judge perhaps from these , that the author had read largely , and that his fine memory was abundantly stored ; that his mind had more of alacrity than insight , and was more greedy of accumulation than patient in exploring .
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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