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“Ring-ting! I wish I were a primrose, A bright yellow primrose blowing in the spring! The stooping boughs above me, The wandering bee to love me, The fern and moss to creep across, And the elm-tree for our king!”

Wish Tree Kings Spring Rings Wander Yellow Bees Creeps Moss Ferns Elm Trees

Book:The music master, a love story, and two series of Day and night songs

Source: The music master, a love story, and two series of Day and night songs

“Sneering springs out of the wish to deny; and wretched must that state of mind be that wishes to take refuge in doubt.”

Mind States Wish Doubt Spring Deny State Of Mind Refuge Ridicule Wretched

Author:Letitia Elizabeth Landon

“I wish, and I wish that the spring would go faster, Nor long summer bide so late; And I could grow on like the foxglove and aster, For some things are ill to wait.”

Long Wish Grows Waiting Late Summer Spring Ill Faster Impatience Asters Foxgloves

Book:The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

Source: The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow

“Propriety of thought and propriety of diction are commonly found together. Obscurity and affectation are the two greatest faults of style. Obscurity of expression generally springs from confusion of ideas; and the same wish to dazzle, at any cost, which produces affectation in the manner of a writer, is likely to produce sophistry in his reasonings.”

Two Ideas Together Found Wish Style Produce Expression Cost Spring Faults Confusion Reasoning Obscurity Propriety Dazzle Diction Sophistry

Book:Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political

Source: Machiavelli : the Founder of the Political