Northanger Abbey
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"[...]From Gray, that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen, "And waste its fragrance on the desert air." From Thompson, that- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot." And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information-amongst the rest, that- "Trifles light as air, "Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, "As proofs of Holy Writ." That "The poor beetle, which we tread upon, "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies." And that a young woman in love always looks- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief."[...]."
Northanger Abbey Jane Austen
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"[...]From Gray, that "Many a flower is born to blush unseen, "And waste its fragrance on the desert air." From Thompson, that- "It is a delightful task "To teach the young idea how to shoot." And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information-amongst the rest, that- "Trifles light as air, "Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, "As proofs of Holy Writ." That "The poor beetle, which we tread upon, "In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great "As when a giant dies." And that a young woman in love always looks- "like Patience on a monument "Smiling at Grief."[...]."