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... Man's Fortune , a Tragi - Comedy . - Loy . Sub . Loyal Subject , a Tragi - Comedy . -Sp . Cu . Spanish Curate , a Comedy . BEAUMONT , Sir John , 1582-1628 . BENJAMIN , Park , ( American ) , 1809-1864 . BICKERSTAFF , Isaac , * 1735-1805 ...
... Man's Fortune , a Tragi - Comedy . - Loy . Sub . Loyal Subject , a Tragi - Comedy . -Sp . Cu . Spanish Curate , a Comedy . BEAUMONT , Sir John , 1582-1628 . BENJAMIN , Park , ( American ) , 1809-1864 . BICKERSTAFF , Isaac , * 1735-1805 ...
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... man thine ear , but few thy voice ; Take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgment . Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use ; and keep thy friend . Under thy own life's key ...
... man thine ear , but few thy voice ; Take each man's censure , but reserve thy judgment . Love all , trust a few , Do wrong to none : be able for thine enemy Rather in power than use ; and keep thy friend . Under thy own life's key ...
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... man's shining scene ; Prosperity conceals his brightest ray ; As night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . He went , like one that hath been stunn'd , And is of sense forlorn : A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn ...
... man's shining scene ; Prosperity conceals his brightest ray ; As night to stars , woe lustre gives to man . He went , like one that hath been stunn'd , And is of sense forlorn : A sadder and a wiser man He rose the morrow morn ...
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... man Is proof against thy sweet , seducing charms ? Cowper , Task , ARGUMENT . O most lame and impotent conclusion . He that complies against his will , Is of his own opinion still .. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's ...
... man Is proof against thy sweet , seducing charms ? Cowper , Task , ARGUMENT . O most lame and impotent conclusion . He that complies against his will , Is of his own opinion still .. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's ...
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... man of sense can artifice disdain , As men of wealth may venture to go plain ; And be this truth eternal ne'er forgot , Solemnity's a cover for a sot , I find the fool when I behold the screen , For ' t is the wise man's interest to be ...
... man of sense can artifice disdain , As men of wealth may venture to go plain ; And be this truth eternal ne'er forgot , Solemnity's a cover for a sot , I find the fool when I behold the screen , For ' t is the wise man's interest to be ...
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