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Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty ... - Page 303
by Alexander Graydon - 1811 - 378 pages
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Sir Andrew Wylie, of that ilk, by the author of 'Annals of the parish'.

John Galt - Scotland - 1841 - 482 pages
...unmix' d ? And what the people, hut a herd confused, A miscellaneous rahble, who extol Things ,ulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise? They praise,...they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, hut as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and...
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The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments

John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...argument. For what is glory but the blaze of fame, The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd ? And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble who extol 50 Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd scarce worth tho praise i They praise, and they admire, they know...
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The Homilist; or, The pulpit for the people, conducted by D ..., Volume 11

David Thomas - 674 pages
...temporary. " For what is glory but the blaze of fame ? The people's praise is never praise unmixed. And what the people ? but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous...praise ? They praise, and they admire they know not whom ; And know not whom, but as one leads the other. And what delight to be by such extoll'd ? To...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

English poetry - 1852 - 874 pages
...argument. For what is glory but the blaze of fame, The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd ? , Reple f They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other ;...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...blaze of fame, The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd ? And what the people but a herd confused, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? , And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom...
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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ...

Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...him express himself as follows in Paradise Regained : — " And what the people but a herd confused, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise P They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other. And...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life ...

John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...confused, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and, well weighed, scarce worth the praise 1 They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, bat as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extolled, To live upon their tongues, and...
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The Course of Time

Robert Pollok - 1856 - 412 pages
...blaze of fame, The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd? And what the people but a herd confused, A miscellaneous rabble, who extol Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praiflof They praise, and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other;...
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Select specimens of English poetry

Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...confused, A miscellaneous rahhle, who extol Things vulgar, and well weighed, scarce worth the praise ?1 They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom hut as one leads the other ; And what delight to he hy such extolled, To live upon their tongues, and...
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Milton's Poetical Works

John Milton - English poetry - 1861 - 734 pages
...argument. For what is glory but the blaze of fame, The people's praise, if always praise unmix'd ? And what the people but a herd confus'd, A miscellaneous rabble who extol 50 Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know...
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