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Do not Christians and Heathen...

Do not Christians and Heathens, and Jews and Gentiles, and poets and philosophers, unite in allowing the starry influences?

Walter Scott 283 quotes

Affection can withstand very ...

Affection can withstand very severe storms of vigor, but not a long polar frost of indifference.

Walter Scott 283 quotes

Come fill up my cup, come fil...

Come fill up my cup, come fill up my can, Come saddle your horses, and call up your men; Come open the West Port, and let me gang free, And it's room for the bonnets of Bonny Dundee!

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We often praise the evening c...

We often praise the evening clouds, And tints so gay and bold, But seldom think upon our God, Who tinged these clouds with gold.

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Come forth, old man,--thy dau...

Come forth, old man,--thy daughter's side Is now the fitting place for thee: When time has quell'd the oak's bold pride, The youthful tendril yet may hide, The ruins of the parent tree.

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Sleep the sleep that knows no...

Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, morn of toil, nor night of waking.

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Hail to the Chief who in triu...

Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances!

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Some feelings are to mortals ...

Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven.

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Then hush thee, my darling, t...

Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.

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A fool's wild speech confound...

A fool's wild speech confounds the wise.

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Good wine needs neither bush ...

Good wine needs neither bush nor preface to make it welcome. And they drank the red wine through the helmet barr'd.

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For monarchs seldom sigh in v...

For monarchs seldom sigh in vain.

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The Book of Books Within this...

The Book of Books Within this ample volume lies The mystery of mysteries. Happiest they of human race To whom their God has given grace To read, to fear, to hope, to pray, To lift the latch, to force the way; But better had they ne'er been born That read to doubt or read to scorn.

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Breathes there the man with s...

Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.

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I have heard men talk about t...

I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use to make of it now that I have it.

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Who, noteless as the race fro...

Who, noteless as the race from which he sprung, Saved others' names, but left his own unsung.

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A good deal of philanthropy a...

A good deal of philanthropy arises in general from mere vanity and love of distinction gilded over to others and to themselves with some show of benevolent sentiment.

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Where is the coward that woul...

Where is the coward that would not dare to fight for such a land as Scotland?

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Adversity is, to me at least,...

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.

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You will, I trust, resemble a...

You will, I trust, resemble a forest plant, which has indeed, by some accident, been brought up in the greenhouse, and thus rendered delicate and effeminate, but which regains its native firmness and tenacity, when exposed for a season to the winter air.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....