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... can I chuse but smile , When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my style ? Curft be
the verse , how well soe'er it flow , That tends to make one worthy man my fue ,
Give virtue scandal , innocence a fear , Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear !
... can I chuse but smile , When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my style ? Curft be
the verse , how well soe'er it flow , That tends to make one worthy man my fue ,
Give virtue scandal , innocence a fear , Or from the soft - ey'd virgin steal a tear !
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That not in fancy's maze he wander'd long , But stoop'd to truth , and moraliz'd his
song : That not for fame , but virtue's better end , He stood the furious foe , the
timid friend , The damning critic , half approving wit , The coxcomb hit , or fearing
to ...
That not in fancy's maze he wander'd long , But stoop'd to truth , and moraliz'd his
song : That not for fame , but virtue's better end , He stood the furious foe , the
timid friend , The damning critic , half approving wit , The coxcomb hit , or fearing
to ...
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3 For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! A. But why insult the poor , affront
the great ! P. A knave's a knave , to me , in ev'ry state : Alike my scorn , if he
succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japher in a jail , A hireling scribler , or
hireling ...
3 For thee , fair Virtue ! welcome ev'n the last ! A. But why insult the poor , affront
the great ! P. A knave's a knave , to me , in ev'ry state : Alike my scorn , if he
succeed or fail , Sporus at court , or Japher in a jail , A hireling scribler , or
hireling ...
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P. What ? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen ; Brand.the bold front of shameless
guilty inen ; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that
lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting , to defend her cause , Lights of the ...
P. What ? arm'd for virtue when I point the pen ; Brand.the bold front of shameless
guilty inen ; Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car ; Bare the mean heart that
lurks beneath a star ; Can there be wanting , to defend her cause , Lights of the ...
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To virtue only and her friends a friend , The world beside may murmur , or
commend . Know , all the distant din - that world can keep , Rolls o'er my grotto ,
and but sooths iny Neep . There , my retreat the best companions grace , Chiefs
out of ...
To virtue only and her friends a friend , The world beside may murmur , or
commend . Know , all the distant din - that world can keep , Rolls o'er my grotto ,
and but sooths iny Neep . There , my retreat the best companions grace , Chiefs
out of ...
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