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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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noun

One who, or that which, accelerates.

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Shakes. _M. of V._ ii. 7:

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Thomas Gray·1716–1771
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All that glisters is not gold;Often have you heard that told;" Dryden, _Hind and Panther_: "All, as they say, that glitters is not gold." Other examples might be given. _Glisten_ is not found in Shakes. orMilton, but both use _glister_ several times. See _W. T._ iii. 2;_Rich. II._ iii. 3; _T. A._ ii. 1, etc.; _Lycidas_, 79; _Comus_, 219;_P. L._ iii. 550; iv. 645, 653, etc. [Illustration: ETON COLLEGE.]
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