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The fool is happy that he knows no inore ; Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , The rich is happy in the plenty given , That vice or virtue there is none at all . The poor contents him with the care of Heaven .
The fool is happy that he knows no inore ; Fools ! who from hence into the notion fall , The rich is happy in the plenty given , That vice or virtue there is none at all . The poor contents him with the care of Heaven .
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Contents us not . A belter shall we bare ? The good or bad the gifts of fortune gain ; A kingdom of the just then let it be : But these less taste them , as they worse ob- But first consider how those just agree . tain .
Contents us not . A belter shall we bare ? The good or bad the gifts of fortune gain ; A kingdom of the just then let it be : But these less taste them , as they worse ob- But first consider how those just agree . tain .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 5 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1808 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Apr 4, 2007 |
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