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Synonyms: bootless; conceited; egotistic; egotistical; fruitless; futile; self-conceited; sleeveless; swollen; swollen-headed; vain
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Vain Fortune / Moore, George (George Augustus), 1852-1933
The Project Gutenberg eBook, Vain Fortune, by George Moore This eBook is for the use of anyone ... .gutenberg.net Title: Vain Fortune Author: George Moore Release Date: February 26, 2004 [eBook #11303] Language details...- creator(s) - Moore, George (George Augustus), 1852-1933
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- subject(s) - hubert; emily; julia; bentley; hubert price; miss watson; julia; miss watson; emily; bentley; hubert price; hubert;
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On The Morning Of Christs Nativity / Milton, John
not girt with Tapers holy shine, The Libyc Hammon shrinks his horn, In vain the Tyrian Maids ... , His burning Idol all of blackest hue, In vain with Cymbals ring, They call the grisly king, In dismall details...- creator(s) - Milton, John
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- subject(s) - babe; holy; shame; loud; pale; vain; english literature; vain; pale; babe; shame; english literature; holy; loud;
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The Old Bachelor: a Comedy / Congreve, William, 1670-1729
, Which though still like, much fairer you express. Some vainly striving honour to obtain, Leave to their heirs ... than he could have slept in't. VAIN. Bellmour, good-morrow. Why, truth on't is, these early sallies are not usual to me details...- creator(s) - Congreve, William, 1670-1729
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- subject(s) - belin; laet; bellmour; vainlove; aram; setter; lucy; bluff; bell; sharper; sharp; joseph; nay; fond; madam; vain; scene; vain; fond; joseph; sharp; madam; bell; nay; sharper; belin; aram; bellmour; lucy; bluff; vainlove; scene; laet; setter;
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Panthea / Wilde, Oscar
the chestnut blossom, or the gleam Of all our endless sins, our vain endeavour Enough for thee ... , we starve and feed On vain repentance- O we are born too late! What balm for us in bruised poppy details...- creator(s) - Wilde, Oscar
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- subject(s) - crimson; pulse; lilies; wearied; leaps; moon; kiss; yellow; silver; grand; sleep; beneath; pain; vain; soft; sun; english literature; pain; soft; vain; kiss; yellow; lilies; grand; moon; sun; pulse; english literature; wearied; crimson; silver; beneath; leaps; sleep;
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Children's Classics in Dramatic Form Book Two / Stevenson, Augusta
-story, The Two Millers._ THE VAIN JACKDAW _Suggested by AEsop's The Vain Jackdaw._ THE LITTLE JACKAL ... -MORNING, TEACHER. HERE IS LAZY KATE" THE PROUD RING-FINGER THE TWO MILLERS THE VAIN JACKDAW THE LITTLE JACKAL details...- creator(s) - Stevenson, Augusta
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- subject(s) - pocahontas; powhatan; goodwife; jackdaw; vain jackdaw; wolf; abbot; king; king alfred; peter; prince; smith; medicine man; gray wolf; white wolf; king alfred; powhatan; medicine man; abbot; jackdaw; wolf; smith; king; white wolf; prince; goodwife; pocahontas; vain jackdaw; peter; gray wolf;
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Why Did I Laugh To-Night? No Voice Will Tell / Keats, John
, To question Heaven and Hell and Heart in vain. Why did I laugh? I know this Being's lease ... details...- creator(s) - Keats, John
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- subject(s) - laugh; heart; english literature; english literature; laugh; heart;
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To Mr. Cyriack Skinner Upon His Blindness / Milton, John
to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content though blind ... details...- creator(s) - Milton, John
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- subject(s) - literature; seeing; skinner; argue; blindness; talks; cyriack; thir; john; forgot; bereft; light; heavns; english; will; noble; task; milton; hand; english literature; seeing; literature; skinner; argue; talks; blindness; cyriack; thir; forgot; john; bereft; light; heavns; english; english literature; will; noble; task; milton; hand;
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On The Lord Gen. Fairfax At The Seige Of Colchester / Milton, John
, And Public Faith cleard from the shamefull brand Of Public Fraud. In vain doth Valour bleed ... details...- creator(s) - Milton, John
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- subject(s) - literature; fairfax; seige; john; envy; lord; colchester; rebellions; english; public; gen; milton; warr; english literature; literature; fairfax; seige; john; envy; lord; rebellions; colchester; english; english literature; public; gen; warr; milton;
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On Time / Milton, John
, Which is no more then what is false and vain, And meerly mortal dross; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ... details...- creator(s) - Milton, John
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- subject(s) - shall; english literature; shall; english literature;
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Gettysburg Address / Lincoln, Abraham
that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom ... details...- creator(s) - Lincoln, Abraham
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- subject(s) - dedicated; nation; dead; american literature; nation; dead; dedicated; american literature;
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