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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of Knowledge. [With] Supp - Page 22
by Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816
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The Mother Tongue, Book 3

Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner - English language - 1902 - 460 pages
...never lion raged more fierce; In peace, was never gentle lamb more mild. 3. See the same man in vigor, in the gout; Alone, in company; in place, or out; Early at business, and at hazard late; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate. 4. Tom struts a soldier, open,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - 1903 - 696 pages
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Manual of Composition and Rhetoric

John Hays Gardiner, George Lyman Kittredge, Sarah Louise Arnold - English language - 1907 - 524 pages
...holidays, SHAKSPERE. To sport would be as tedious as to work. — SHAKSPERE. 3. See the same man in vigor, in the gout; Alone, in company; in place, or out ; Early at business, and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate. — POPE. 4. Tom struts a soldier,...
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Mr. Pope, His Life and Times, Volume 2

George Paston - 1909 - 430 pages
...affectations, and quick transitions of the mind would baffle the student of human nature. See the same man in vigour, in the gout ; Alone, in company ; in place or out ; Early at business, and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate ; Drunk at a borough, civil at...
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A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American Poets: Based Upon Bohn ...

Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...reasoning, not in acting lies. 3063 Pope : Moral Essays. Epis. i. Line 109 See the same man in vigor, in the gout ; Alone, in company, in place, or out; Early at business, and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate ; Drunk at a borough, civil at...
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The Mechanistic Principle and the Non-mechanical: An Inquiry Into ...

Paul Carus - Philosophy - 1913 - 140 pages
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The Monist, Volume 23

Paul Carus - Electronic journals - 1913 - 684 pages
...doubt, A rogue with ven'son to a saint without.' "Elsewhere he says : " 'See the same man in vigor, in the gout Alone, in company, in place or out, Early at business and at hazard late, Mad at a fox chase, wise at a debate, Drunk at a borough, civil at a ball,...
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Forgotten Lyrics of the Eighteenth Century

Oswald Doughty - English poetry - 1924 - 222 pages
...: Unthought of frailties cheat us in the wise ; The fool lies hid in inconsistencies. See the same man, in vigour, in the gout ; Alone, in company, in place, or out ; Early at business, and at hazard late ; Mad at a fox-chase, wise at a debate ; Drunk at a borough, civil at...
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Selected Poems of Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1926 - 310 pages
...Unthought-of Frailties cheat us in the Wise; The Fool lies hid in inconsistencies. 70 See the same man, in vigour, in the gout ; Alone, in company ; in place, or out ; Early at Bus'ness, and at Hazard late ; Mad at a Fox-chase, wise at a Debate ; Drunk at a Borough, civil at...
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Selections from Alexander Pope

Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1929 - 526 pages
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