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" Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove;... "
An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right ... - Page 388
by John Watkins - 1822 - 427 pages
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Choice specimens of English literature, selected and arranged by T.B. Shaw ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." 128. FROM L'ALLEQHO. Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips and Cranks,...
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The Beloved physician

Leonard Bacon - 1864 - 34 pages
...plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." Great and merited confidence was placed by the profession and by the public in Dr. Knight's powers...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with illustr. by E.H. Corbould and J. Gilbert

John Milton - 1864 - 584 pages
...on mortal soil, "Nor in the glistering foil " Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies; So " But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, "...deed, " Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse ! and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds , That...
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Rumor

Elizabeth Sara Sheppard - 1864 - 216 pages
...foil Set off to the world, nor In broad Humor lies ; Bat lives and spreads aloft by those pure eves, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As He pronounces...deed, Of so much fame in Heaven, expect thy meed." LTCIDAB. BOSTON: TOHP BURNHAM, 143 WASHINGTON STREET. NEW YORK : H. DEXTER HAMILTON & CO., 113 NASSAU...
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European mosaic

Howard Payson Arnold - 1864 - 360 pages
...rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging JOTB. As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." Doubtless much allowance is to be made for the peculiar life of an artist, and in many cases it is...
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The light of the forge; or, Counsels drawn from the sick-bed of E.M.

William Harrison - 1864 - 244 pages
...memories, that can preserve the record of our life. God's word is glory, and there is none besides. " As He pronounces lastly on each deed Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed." Here, then, is a field of honour open to us all. Into these lists all may enter. It is the contest...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

1909 - 502 pages
...off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfet witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly...deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed." O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That...
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' O fountain Arethuse,105 and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds,...
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Milton: The life

William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...reproachfully: Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads...each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed. (78-84) The Renaissance desire for fame is strong in Milton,70 but fresh reflection has made him realize...
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Against Slavery: An Abolitionist Reader

Mason Lowance - 2000 - 390 pages
...was only a subtle cheat, but this is the true Shekinah and presence of God in your heart: as this — "pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect your meed. " If I am consciously and continually false to this, it is of no avail that I seem loyal...
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