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7 Well | pleas'd I follow | 7 thro' the sacred | paths 7 |

7 Of | Nature | 7 and of | Science; | | Nurse 7 ng di | vine 7 |

7 Of generous | counsels | 7 and he | roic | deeds! 71

07 | let the breath of thy ex | tended | praise 7 | 7 Inspire my | kindling | bosom | 7 to the | height 17 |

7 Of | this 7 | un | tempted | theme! 7 | | Nor be my thoughts 7 |

7 Presumptuous | counted, | | if 7 | 7a | mid the | calm 7 |

7 Which | Hesper | sheds a | long the | vernal | heav

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7 I steal impatient | 7 from the | sordid | haunts 1 |

Of strife and low am | bition, | 7 and the | gloom

* Of | vulgar | super | stition, | 7 to at | tend, 7 | 7 With | hymns, 7 | thy 7 | presence, | 7 in the | sylvan | shade 7 | 1

7 By | their ma | lignant | footsteps || ne'er 7 | 7 profaned. pro | faned. 7 |

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7 Descend, 7 | 7 pro | pitious | 7 to my | favor'd | eye, 7 |

Such in thy mien 7 | 7 thy | warm ex | alted | air, 17 |

As when the Persian | tyrant, 7 | | foil'd 7 |

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7 With shame 7 | 7 and | desperation, | | gnash'd his teeth, 7 |

7 To | see thee | rend the | pageants of his | throne;

7 | | And at the

lightning of thy | lifted | spear, 7 |

Crouch'd 7 like a | slave. 7 |

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Bring 7 | all thy | martial | spoils, 7 | 7 Thy | palms, 7 | 7 thy | laurels, | 7 thy tri | umphal songs; 7| |

7 Thy | smiling | band of | arts; 7||7 thy | godlike | sires 7 |

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7 Of | civil | wisdom; | |7 thy he | roic | youth, 7

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Warm from the schools of | glory! | | Guide my way 7

7 Thro' | fair | 7 Lyceum's | walk 7 | 7 the | olive 7 shades 7 |

7 Of | Aca | demus, | 7 and the | sacred | vale 7 | Haunted by steps di | vine! 7 | | where 7 | once 7 | 7 beneath 7 |

That 7 | ever | living | plantain's | ample | boughs, 71

7 Ilissus, 7 by Socratic | sounds de | tain'd 7 | | On his neglected | urn, 7 | 7 at | tentive, | lay; 7 |

7 While Boreas, 7| | lingering | 7 on the | neighbouring steep, 7| |

7 With | beautious | Ori | thyea | 7 his | love tale, | 7 In | silent | awe, 7 | 7 suspended: || there let | me, 71

7 With | blameless | hand, 7 | from thy un | envious | fields 7 |

7 Transplant some | living | blossoms | 7 to a | dorn 7

7 My | native | clime; 7 | | 7 while | far a | bove the | flight 7 |

7 Of | Fancy's | plume 7 | 7 as | piring,| |7 I un lock |

7 The springs 7 | 7 of ancient | wisdom; | | 7 while I join |

Thy 7 name, 7 | thrice | honor'd! | | with the im | mortal | praise 7 |

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7 I point the | high ex | ample | 7 of thy | Sons, 7 | 7 And | tune 7 | 7 to | Attic | themes 7 | 7 the | British lyre. 7││

ON SINCERITY.

FROM A. B. p. TILLOTSON, (ABRIDGed.)

Truth 7 | 7 and sin | cerity | 7 have | all the ad | vantages | 7 of ap | pearance, | 7 and | many | more.

7 || 7 If the

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any thing | 7 be | good for any thing, | | 7 I am | sure | 7 the re | ality | 7 is better: || 7 for | why 7 | 7 does | any man | 7 dissemble, 7 or | seem to be ❘ that which he | is 7 not, but be | cause 7 | 7 he | thinks it | good to have 7 | 7 the ❘ qualities | 7 he pre | tends

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to? Now the best 7 | way 7 | 7 for a man to

seem to be any thing, | is to be in reality, | | what he would seem to be: | | 7 be | sides, 7 | 7 it is often as troublesome | 7 to support the pre

tence of a good 7 | quality, | 7 as to | have it; | 7 and | if a | 7 man | have it not, | 7 it is | most 7 | likely he will be dis | covered to | want it; | | 7 and | then, | all his | labour to | seem to have it, | 7 is lost. 77 There is something | un | natural | 7 in | painting, | 7 which a | skilful | eye 7 | 7 will | easily discern 7 | 7 from | native | beauty | 7 and complexion. | |

Therefore, | 7 if | any man | think it convenient to seem 7 | good, 7 | let him | be so in | deed: 7 | 7 and then 7 | 7 his | goodness will appear 7 7 to every one's | 7 satis | faction. | | |7 Par | ticularly, as to the affairs of | this 7 | world, 7 | 7 in | tegrity | 7 hath | many ad | vantages | over | all the arti | ficial | modes 7 | 7 of | dissimu | lation | 7 and de | ceit. 7 | | | 7 It is much the | plainer

7 and easier, | | much the safer, | 7 and | more secure 7 way of | dealing in the | world; 7 | | 7 it has less of trouble and | difficulty, | 7 of en | tanglement | 7 and per | plexity, | 7 of | danger and | hazard | 7 in it. 7 | | | 7 The | arts of de | ceit and cunning | 7 continually | grow | weaker, | 7 and less serviceable | 7 to those that | practise them; | | 7 where | as 7 in | tegrity || gains | strength by | use; 7 | | 7 and the more and | lon

ger any man

vice 7 it does reputation,

practiseth it, | 7 the greater | serhim; | 7 by confirming his | and encouraging those | 7 with

| whom he hath to | do, 7|7 to repose the greatest | confidence | 7 in him: | | which is an un | speakable advantage | 7 in | business, 7 and the affairs of life. 7| | |

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7 But | insincerity | 7 is | very | troublesome to | manage. | | | 7 A | hypocrite | 7 hath | so many | 7 things | 7 to attend to, | 7 as | make his | 7 life | 7 a very per | plexed and | intricate | thing. 7 | | | 7 A | liar | 7 hath | need of a | good 7 | mem1 ory, lest he contra | dict 7 | 7 at | one 7 | time 7 | 7 what he | said at an | other: 7 | | 7 but | truth 77 is always consistent, 7 and nothing to help it | out: 7 || 7 it is at | hand, 7|7 and sits upon our lips, 7 | | 7 where as a lie 7 | 7 is | troublesome, | 7 and great 7 | many | more 7 | 7 to | make it | good. | | |

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7 In a word, 7 | whatsoever convenience | 7 may be thought 77 to be in | falsehood | 7 and dissimulation, | 7 it is | soon 7 | over: || but the inconvenience of it | 7 is perpetual; | 7 because 7 | 7 it | brings a 7 man | under an | ever | lasting | jealousy | and suspicion; | | so that he is not be | lieved 7 | 7 when he | speaks the truth; 77 nor | trusted | 7 when per | haps, *7 7 he means I honestly. 1 | | When a | man

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