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...Wordsworth. The subject is " Books " : — ". . . That place that does contain My books, the best companion is to me ; A glorious court where hourly I converse...philosophers ; And sometimes, for variety, I confer [* The Rev. Edmund (not Edward) Marshall, vicar of Charing, was an occasional writer, chiefly on political...

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...souls to join the choir of heaven. Goodwyn Barmby. BOOKS. That place which doth contain My books, my best companions, is to me A glorious court, where...hourly I converse With the old sages and philosophers. Beaumont $ Fletcher. My never failing friends are they, With whom I converse night and day. With them...

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...lost its charms, were most conducive to his humour. He might have said, — " That place that does contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...sages and philosophers, And sometimes for variety confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got,...

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...they talked to the great poet, or had a moment's monopoly of Royalty. But — " That place that doth contain My books, the best companions, is to me A...I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels." Not only is there the pleasant sense of property, — the rare editions, and the wonderful...

...ever is transform'd, yet still the same, And warms, but not illumines. SHELLEY. THE place that does Contain my books— the best companions — is To...I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels, Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and, in my fancy, Deface...

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