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Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge , how wretched I ! Who can't be silent , and who will
not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace , And to be grave ,
exceeds all pow'r of face . I lit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish , and
an ...
Seiz'd and ty'd down to judge , how wretched I ! Who can't be silent , and who will
not lye : To laugh , were want of goodness and of grace , And to be grave ,
exceeds all pow'r of face . I lit with sad civility , I read With honest anguish , and
an ...
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And is not mine , my friend , a sorer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my
face ? A. Good friend forbear ! you deal in dang'rous things , I'd never name
queens , ministers , or kings ; Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis
...
And is not mine , my friend , a sorer case , When ev'ry coxcomb perks them in my
face ? A. Good friend forbear ! you deal in dang'rous things , I'd never name
queens , ministers , or kings ; Keep close to ears , and those let asses prick , ' Tis
...
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... And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato , give his little senate laws ,
And fit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sente And
wonder with a foolish face of praise - Who but must laugh , if such a man there be
?
... And so obliging , that he ne'er oblig'd : Like Cato , give his little senate laws ,
And fit attentive to his own applause ; While wits and Templars ev'ry sente And
wonder with a foolish face of praise - Who but must laugh , if such a man there be
?
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Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest , A cherub's face , a reptile all the rest
. Beauty that shocks you , parts that none will trust , Wit that can creep , and pride
that licks the dust . Not fortune's worshipper , nor fashion's fool , Nor lucre's ...
Eve's tempter thus the rabbins have exprest , A cherub's face , a reptile all the rest
. Beauty that shocks you , parts that none will trust , Wit that can creep , and pride
that licks the dust . Not fortune's worshipper , nor fashion's fool , Nor lucre's ...
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... If not , by any means get wealth and place a . For what ? to have a box where
eunuchs sing , And foremost in the circle eye a king . Or he , who bids thee face
with steady view Proud fortune , and look shallow greatness thro ' : And , while ...
... If not , by any means get wealth and place a . For what ? to have a box where
eunuchs sing , And foremost in the circle eye a king . Or he , who bids thee face
with steady view Proud fortune , and look shallow greatness thro ' : And , while ...
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