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Yes , I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God , afraid of me : Safe from the bar , the pulpit , and the throne , Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone ! " The spirit and animation of this poem are the measure of the ...
Yes , I am proud ; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God , afraid of me : Safe from the bar , the pulpit , and the throne , Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone ! " The spirit and animation of this poem are the measure of the ...
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Page 43 - Twere well might critics still this freedom take : But Appius reddens at each word you speak, And stares tremendous, with a threatening eye, Like some fierce tyrant in old tapestry.
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Page 320 - Are what ten thousand envy and adore : All, all look up, with reverential awe, At crimes that 'scape, or triumph o'er the law : While truth, worth, wisdom, daily they decry — " Nothing is sacred now but villany.