Breathes there the man, with soul so dead,Who never to himself hath said,This is my own, my native land!Whose heart hath neer within him burnd,As home his footsteps he hath turnd,From wandering on a foreign strand!
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a man after his own heart, and th... BIBLE And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done,
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Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within. QUINTUS ENNIUS Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put ... BALTASAR GRACIAN But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. BIBLE When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, "I'll lay my life," said he, "s... PLUTARCH He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within QUINTUS ENNIUS Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this. GEORGE HERBERT Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this. THOMAS HOLCROFT The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his to... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE BIBLE For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. BIBLE If a man say, 'I love God,' and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his... JOHN THE APOSTLE He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity. WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy ... BIBLE He who hath many friends hath none. ARISTOTLE If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these ... BIBLE He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his ton... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my f... BIBLE The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in th... BIBLE Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unr... BIBLE Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha... BIBLE A fool hath no dialogue within himself, the first thought carrieth him without the reply of a second... LORD HALIFAX He that hath love in his brest, hath spurres in his sides. GEORGE HERBERT Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha... BIBLE For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have
abundance: but from him that hath n... BIBLE Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not sha... BIBLE A faithful friend is a strong defense; And he that hath found him hath found a treasure. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his pl... BIBLE He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither
desire thou his dainty meats:
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head. GEORGE HERBERT He hath no drowning mark upon him; his complexion is perfect gallows. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. BIBLE Only our love hath no decay; this, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday, running it never runs from us aw... JOHN DONNE Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his life. JEREMY THORPE That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep! He hath awaken from the dream of life! PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity BEN JONSON He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. BEN JONSON He that hath lands hath quarrells. GEORGE HERBERT If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: ... BIBLE With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I ca... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no m... BIBLE My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. MARY (MOTHER OF JESUS) Who hath no hast in his businesse, mountaines to him seeme
valleys. GEORGE HERBERT Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasu... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE God hath sworn to lift on high
Who sinks himself by true humility. JOHN KEBLE Who hath no head, needes no heart. GEORGE HERBERT I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pie... BIBLE Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long. ROBERT BURTON For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime,
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Ne'er from the heath-flower dashed the dew. SIR WALTER SCOTT Contentions fierce,
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Like the bubble on the fountain,
... SIR WALTER SCOTT And honeysuckle loved to crawl
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Hold different courses. SIR WALTER SCOTT With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. SIR WALTER SCOTT The summer dawn's reflected hue
To purple changed Lock Katrine blue,
Mildly and soft the weste... SIR WALTER SCOTT Loud o'er my head though awful thunders roll,
And vivid lightnings flash from pole to pole,
Ye... SIR WALTER SCOTT Art thou a friend to Roderick? SIR WALTER SCOTT Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh,
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Of all his guilt let him be shriven,
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destroys its chance of revenge. SIR WALTER SCOTT Busily engaged in doing nothing. [A squirrel in a cage.] SIR WALTER SCOTT Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked
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