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... art . When things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All ... thou wanst the power to punish : Be easy , affable , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ...
... art . When things go ill , each fool presumes to advise , And if more happy , thinks himself more wise ; All ... thou wanst the power to punish : Be easy , affable , familiar , friendly : Search , and know all mankind's mysterious ...
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... thou art Folly's counterfeit , and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea : Nature's true idiot I prefer to thee ! There affectation , with a sickly mien , Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen . In man or woman , but fear ...
... thou art Folly's counterfeit , and she Who is right foolish hath the better plea : Nature's true idiot I prefer to thee ! There affectation , with a sickly mien , Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen . In man or woman , but fear ...
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... Art and Nature . I saw her at a country ball ; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that ... thou the heart , Being a divine , a ghostly confessor , A sin - absolver , and my friend profess'd , To mangle me ...
... Art and Nature . I saw her at a country ball ; There when the sound of flute and fiddle Gave signal sweet in that ... thou the heart , Being a divine , a ghostly confessor , A sin - absolver , and my friend profess'd , To mangle me ...
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... art the brain , too finely wrought , Preys on herself , and is destroyed by thought . BRAGGART - see Boasting . Churchill , Ep . to Hogarth . What art thou ? Have not I An arm as big as thine ? a heart as big ? Thy words , I grant , are ...
... art the brain , too finely wrought , Preys on herself , and is destroyed by thought . BRAGGART - see Boasting . Churchill , Ep . to Hogarth . What art thou ? Have not I An arm as big as thine ? a heart as big ? Thy words , I grant , are ...
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... thou art wedded to calamity . Do not insult calamity ; It is a barb'rous grossness , to lay on The weight of scorn , where heavy misery Sh . Rom . II . 3 . Too much already weighs men's fortunes down . Daniel , Phil . Know , he that ...
... thou art wedded to calamity . Do not insult calamity ; It is a barb'rous grossness , to lay on The weight of scorn , where heavy misery Sh . Rom . II . 3 . Too much already weighs men's fortunes down . Daniel , Phil . Know , he that ...
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