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... truth , howe'er you blame it . APPAREL . Byron , Don Juan . Sh . Lear , IV . 6 . Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear : Robes and furr'd gowns hide all . Plate sin with gold , And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ...
... truth , howe'er you blame it . APPAREL . Byron , Don Juan . Sh . Lear , IV . 6 . Through tatter'd clothes small vices do appear : Robes and furr'd gowns hide all . Plate sin with gold , And the strong lance of justice hurtless breaks ...
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... truth Within that rough outside . APPETITE . Our stomachs Will make what's homely , savoury . Now , good digestion wait on appetite ; And health on both . Mrs. Osgood . Sh . Cymb . III . 6 . Sh . Macb . III . 4 . APPETITE - ARGUMENT ...
... truth Within that rough outside . APPETITE . Our stomachs Will make what's homely , savoury . Now , good digestion wait on appetite ; And health on both . Mrs. Osgood . Sh . Cymb . III . 6 . Sh . Macb . III . 4 . APPETITE - ARGUMENT ...
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... truth discourtesy . Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , Herbert . We find our tenets just the same at last . Pope , Mor . E. 111. 15 . Who shall decide when doctors disagree , And soundest cesuists doubt , like you and me ...
... truth discourtesy . Like doctors thus , when much dispute has past , Herbert . We find our tenets just the same at last . Pope , Mor . E. 111. 15 . Who shall decide when doctors disagree , And soundest cesuists doubt , like you and me ...
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... 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 seen . ASCEND . What star I know not , but some star I find , Has given thee an ascendant o ...
... 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 seen . ASCEND . What star I know not , but some star I find , Has given thee an ascendant o ...
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... Truth is well paid , when she is sung and heard . Much thou hast said , which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . No author ever spared a brother ...
... Truth is well paid , when she is sung and heard . Much thou hast said , which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . No author ever spared a brother ...
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