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Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture. as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized entangled in. - On Politics [Law] A poet that fails in writing becomes often a morose critic; the weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar. - On Writing and Books [Criticism] A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo. - The School Mistress (st. 28) [Teaching] In every village marked with little spire, Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame. - The Schoolmistress [Villages] Pun-provoking thyme. - The Schoolmistress (st. 11) [Thyme] Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are; To save from finger wet the letters fair. - The Schoolmistress (st. 18) [Books] Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblem right meet of decency does yield. - The Schoolmistress (st. 6) [Apparel] Perch'd on the cedar's topmost bough, And gay with gilded wings, Perchance the patron of his vow, Some artless linnet sings. - Valentine's Day [Linnets] Whoe'er has travel'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome, at an inn. - Written at an Inn at Henley [Inns] Displaying page 5 of 5 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 [5]
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