An Essay on Man: Moral Essays and SatiresCassell & Company, 1887 - 192 Seiten |
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... Sure never to o'er - shoot , but just to hit ; While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain , This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go ...
... Sure never to o'er - shoot , but just to hit ; While still too wide or short is human wit ; Sure by quick nature happiness to gain , Which heavier reason labours at in vain , This too serves always , reason never long ; One must go ...
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... sure imported to remove , To hunt for truth in Maudlin's learned grove ) . But knottier points we knew not half so well , Deprived us soon of our paternal cell ; And certain laws , by sufferers thought unjust , Denied all posts of ...
... sure imported to remove , To hunt for truth in Maudlin's learned grove ) . But knottier points we knew not half so well , Deprived us soon of our paternal cell ; And certain laws , by sufferers thought unjust , Denied all posts of ...
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... sure transition to his own : Till I cried out : " You prove yourself so able , Pity ! you was not Druggerman at Babel ; For had they found a linguist half so good I make no question but the tower had stood . " " Obliging sir ! for ...
... sure transition to his own : Till I cried out : " You prove yourself so able , Pity ! you was not Druggerman at Babel ; For had they found a linguist half so good I make no question but the tower had stood . " " Obliging sir ! for ...
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