He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.
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Oh, breathe not his name let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid,Charles Lamb
I could never hate anyone I knew.
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Nothing is to me more distasteful than that entire complacency and satisfaction which beam in the countenances of a new-married couple.
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Pain is life - the sharper, the more evidence of life.
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No eye to watch, and no tongue to wound us, All earth forgot, and all heaven around us.
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Rich and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore.
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