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The Story of a Short Life


Book Description
Li btacy HB ut the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin spun life, But not the praise. Milton. It is a calumny on men to say that they are roused to heroic action by ease, hope of pleasure, recompense, sugar-plums of any kind in this world or the next! In the meanest mortal there lies something... More
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PublisherForgotten Books
BindingPaperback (73 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages214
ISBN-10B008IB05HQ
Publication Date06/19/2012
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About Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (Author) : Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing include Jackanapes - Daddy Darwin's Dovecot and Other Stories, Mrs O... more
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