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We know there oft is found an avarice in grief; and the wan eye of sorrow loves to gaze upon its secret hoard of treasured woes, and pine in solitude. - [Grief] With what a heavy and retarding weight does expectation load the wing of time. - [Expectation] Vain is the hope by colouring to display The bright effulgence of the noontide ray Or paint the full-orb'd ruler of the skies With pencils dipt in dull terrestrial dyes. - Fresnoy's Art of Painting [Painting] The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty. - Heroic Epistle [Swine] There is a solemn luxury in grief. - The English Garden (l. 596) [Grief]
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