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Is he a churchman ? then he's fond of power : A quaker ? sly : a presbyterian ? sour : A smart free - thinker ? all things in an hour . Ask men's opinions : Scoto now shall tell 15 How trade increases , and the world goes well ; Strike ...
Is he a churchman ? then he's fond of power : A quaker ? sly : a presbyterian ? sour : A smart free - thinker ? all things in an hour . Ask men's opinions : Scoto now shall tell 15 How trade increases , and the world goes well ; Strike ...
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Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Consistent in our follies and our sins , Here honest Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in ...
Time , that on all things lays his lenient hand , Yet tames not this ; it sticks to our last sand . Consistent in our follies and our sins , Here honest Nature ends as she begins . Old politicians chew on wisdom past , And totter on in ...
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... he did literature good service hy employing Addison to celebrate the battle of Blenheim , and appointing him to a commissionership , with a salary of about $ 200 a - year -- the forerunner of better things . THE DUKE OF WHARTON .
... he did literature good service hy employing Addison to celebrate the battle of Blenheim , and appointing him to a commissionership , with a salary of about $ 200 a - year -- the forerunner of better things . THE DUKE OF WHARTON .
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Woman and fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no - meaning puzzles more than wit . But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? 12 Scarce once herself , by turns all womankind !
Woman and fool are two hard things to hit ; For true no - meaning puzzles more than wit . But what are these to great Atossa's mind ? 12 Scarce once herself , by turns all womankind !
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195 200 205 From peer or bishop ' tis no easy thing To draw the man who loves his God , or king : Alas ! I copy ( or my draught would fail ) From honest Mahomet , or plain Parson Hale . But grant , in public , men sometimes are shown ...
195 200 205 From peer or bishop ' tis no easy thing To draw the man who loves his God , or king : Alas ! I copy ( or my draught would fail ) From honest Mahomet , or plain Parson Hale . But grant , in public , men sometimes are shown ...
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