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Memoirs of John Abernethy

THE ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF TUPPER'S PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY.

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The Designs by C. W. Cope, R.A. Fred. R. Pickersgill, A.R.A. John Tenniel. Edward H. Corbould. George Dodgson. Edward Duncan. Birket Foster. John Gilbert. James Godwin. William Harvey. J. C. Horsley. William L. Leitch. Joseph Severn. Walter Severn. H. N. Humphreys.

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OF HUMILITY.

Vice is grown aweary of her gawds, and donneth russet garments, Loving for change to walk as a nun, beneath a modest veil: For Pride hath noted how all admire the fairness of Humility, And to clutch the praise he coveteth, is content to be drest in hair-cloth;

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OF BEAUTY.

Beauty is dependence in the babe, a toothless tender nurseling; Beauty is boldness in the boy, a curly rosy truant; Beauty is modesty and grace in fair retiring girlhood; Beauty is openness and strength in pure high-minded youth;

LONDON: THOMAS HATCHARD, PICCADILLY. London:—Printed by G. Barclay, Castle St. Leicester Sq.

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