Date: 1842
"For a shrewd intellect, the best employ / Is to detect a soul of base alloy;"
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Date: 1842
None "can I find / No sterling unadulterated mind; / None that abides the crucible like mine"
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Date: 1854
"By nonsense he meant fancy; and truly it is probable she was as free from any alloy of that nature, as any human being not arrived at the perfection of an absolute idiot, ever was."
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Date: 1862
"O may not gold, according to its kind, / Twist round your heart, and grow upon your mind!"
preview | full record— Wesley, Samuel, the Younger (1691-1739)
Date: 1868
"The strong man arm'd this moment bind, / The bold usurper of Thy throne, / His armour seize, the carnal mind, / The unbelieving heart of stone, / Out of my flesh the evil tear, / And pluck my soul out of the snare."
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Date: 1868
"He loves me now without excess, / Or passionate alloy."
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Date: 1868
"All my earthly dross consume, / Fill my soul with love from heaven."
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Date: 1868
"We ask a soul no longer blind, / Who chased the darkness of thy mind, / Open'd thine inward eyes to see / That all on earth is vanity"
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