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... mankind occasion to exert Their hidden strength , and throw out into practice Virtues that shun the day , and lie conceal'd 7 In the smooth seasons and the calms of life . Addison , Cato . Where is the hero who ne'er found his equal ...
... mankind occasion to exert Their hidden strength , and throw out into practice Virtues that shun the day , and lie conceal'd 7 In the smooth seasons and the calms of life . Addison , Cato . Where is the hero who ne'er found his equal ...
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... , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ways ; This is the way , this only , to be safe In such a world as this . Dryden . Sedley . Rowe , Ulysses . ADVICE - continued . ADVICE - AFFECTION . No part.
... , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ways ; This is the way , this only , to be safe In such a world as this . Dryden . Sedley . Rowe , Ulysses . ADVICE - continued . ADVICE - AFFECTION . No part.
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... mankind sweet by action : without that , 17 Pope , Es . M. The world would be a filthy settled mud . Crowne , Amb . Statesm . Oh , were I seated high as my ambition , I'd place this naked foot on necks of monarchs ! Walpole , Myst . M ...
... mankind sweet by action : without that , 17 Pope , Es . M. The world would be a filthy settled mud . Crowne , Amb . Statesm . Oh , were I seated high as my ambition , I'd place this naked foot on necks of monarchs ! Walpole , Myst . M ...
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... mankind , Must look down on the hate of those below . Byron , Ch . H. 111. 45 . To th ' expanded and aspiring soul , To be but still the thing it long has been , Is misery , e'en though enthron'd it were Under the cope of high imperial ...
... mankind , Must look down on the hate of those below . Byron , Ch . H. 111. 45 . To th ' expanded and aspiring soul , To be but still the thing it long has been , Is misery , e'en though enthron'd it were Under the cope of high imperial ...
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... mankind . Atheist , use thine eyes , And having viewed the order of the skies , Think , if thou canst , that matter blindly hurl'd Without a guide , should frame the wondrous world . Creech . By night an Atheist half believes a God ...
... mankind . Atheist , use thine eyes , And having viewed the order of the skies , Think , if thou canst , that matter blindly hurl'd Without a guide , should frame the wondrous world . Creech . By night an Atheist half believes a God ...
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