| Marshall Pinckney Wilder - 1911 - 260 trang
...paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet ; She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet, On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one, I'll bring; 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
| Leon Loyal Winslow - 1922 - 362 trang
...in colonial times. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet, On which the happy man whom Fate ordains May write his name, and take her for his pains. From "Paper," by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN EXERCISES FOR STUDY AND REVIEW (1) Why was paper invented? (2) For... | |
| Carolyn Wells - 1923 - 804 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sw«et, She's fair white-paper, an unsullied sheet; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring; 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 412 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet ! She 's fair, while paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man whom fate ordains May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I '11 bring ; 'T is the great man who scorns a little thing ; Whose thoughts,... | |
| Thomas Augustine Daly - 1926 - 172 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She's fair white-paper, an unsullied sheet; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring; T is the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
| British poetical miscellany - 1800 - 276 trang
...Paper of mankind. Obferve the MAIDEN, innocently fweet ; She's fair White Paper, an unfullied fheet, On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write...more, and only one I'll bring; 'Tis the GREAT MAN, who fcoms a little thing; Whofe thoughts, whole deeds, whofe maxims are his own, Form'd on the feelings... | |
| 1900 - 408 trang
...waste-paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet; She's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one I'll bring; . 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing. Whose thoughts,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Alfred Howard - 1834 - 206 trang
...paper of mankind. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet, She 's fair white paper, an unsullied sheet ; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. One instance more, and only one, I'll bring ; -Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts,... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 466 trang
...of mankind. 10. Observe the maiden, innocently sweet ; She's fair white paper, an +unsullied sheet; On which the happy man, whom fate ordains, May write his name, and take her for his pains. 11. One instance more, and only one, I 'll bring; 'Tis the great man, who scorns a little thing; CXXXVIII.—... | |
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