Poetical Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the AuthorPhillips, Sampson, 1857 |
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... folly sacrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's knight , they say , A certain bard encountering on the way , Discoursed in terms as just , with looks as sago , As e'er could Dennis , of the Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate ...
... folly sacrifice . Once on a time , La Mancha's knight , they say , A certain bard encountering on the way , Discoursed in terms as just , with looks as sago , As e'er could Dennis , of the Grecian stage ; Concluding all were desperate ...
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... folly proves the ready wit ; And authors think their reputation safe , Which lives as long as fools are pleased to laugh . Some , valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think ...
... folly proves the ready wit ; And authors think their reputation safe , Which lives as long as fools are pleased to laugh . Some , valuing those of their own side or mind , Still make themselves the measure of mankind : Fondly we think ...
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... folly , or exalting vice , Oh ! if the muse must flatter lawless sway , And follow still where fortune leads the way ; Or if no basis bear my rising name , But the fallen ruins of another's fame ; Then , teach me , Heaven ! to scorn the ...
... folly , or exalting vice , Oh ! if the muse must flatter lawless sway , And follow still where fortune leads the way ; Or if no basis bear my rising name , But the fallen ruins of another's fame ; Then , teach me , Heaven ! to scorn the ...
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... Folly by thee lies sleeping in the breast , And ' tis in thee at last that wisdom seeks for rest . Silence , the knave's repute , the whore's good name , The only honour of the wishing dame ; Thy very want of tongue makes thee a kind of ...
... Folly by thee lies sleeping in the breast , And ' tis in thee at last that wisdom seeks for rest . Silence , the knave's repute , the whore's good name , The only honour of the wishing dame ; Thy very want of tongue makes thee a kind of ...
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... folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise : Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , ( But vindicate the ways of God to man . 1. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we reason , but from what we ...
... folly as it flies , And catch the manners living as they rise : Laugh where we must , be candid where we can , ( But vindicate the ways of God to man . 1. Say first , of God above , or man below , What can we reason , but from what we ...
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