Oracles from the poets: a fanciful diversion for the drawing room (1845)
Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888, ed · New York & London, Wiley and Putnam · leaf 30
thor,I any one of the party may be allowed a trial in turn, and re-jj ceive the premium. WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER] ■ISfEalMA: All our knowledge is ourselves to know. Pope. Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us,To see oursels as others see us ;It wad frae monie a blunder free usAnd foolish notion!… … 2. Een your failings lean to virtues side. Goldsmith 3. Polite, yet virtuous, you have brought awayThe manners, not the morals of the day. Cowper. 4. Thou art slow to science ; the chart and letterd pageHave in them no deep spell whereby thy spirit to engage;But rather thou wouldst sail thy boat,…
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