Laconics: Or, the Best Works of the Best Authors, Band 2C. Tilt, 1840 |
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... reason , when too curiously ' t is spun , Is but the next of all remov'd from none . LXXXI . Butler . It is possible that a wise and good man may be pre- vailed on to game ; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a ...
... reason , when too curiously ' t is spun , Is but the next of all remov'd from none . LXXXI . Butler . It is possible that a wise and good man may be pre- vailed on to game ; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a ...
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... reason in his bowls , As Turks are said to do their souls , Until it has so often been Shut out of its lodging , and let in , At length it never can attain To find the right way back again ; Drinks all his time away , and prunes The end ...
... reason in his bowls , As Turks are said to do their souls , Until it has so often been Shut out of its lodging , and let in , At length it never can attain To find the right way back again ; Drinks all his time away , and prunes The end ...
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... reason , than brute beast , That by two different instincts is led , Born to the one , and to the other bred , And trains him up with rudiments more false Than nature does her stupid animals ; And that's one reason why more care's ...
... reason , than brute beast , That by two different instincts is led , Born to the one , and to the other bred , And trains him up with rudiments more false Than nature does her stupid animals ; And that's one reason why more care's ...
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... reason one may be free upon him . I have put myself to great pains in considering this prevailing quality , which we call impudence , and have taken notice that it exerts itself in a different manner , according to the different soils ...
... reason one may be free upon him . I have put myself to great pains in considering this prevailing quality , which we call impudence , and have taken notice that it exerts itself in a different manner , according to the different soils ...
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... reasons wisely , is not therefore wise ; His pride in reas'ning , not in acting , lies . CXLI . Pope . The more honesty a man has , the less he affects the air of a saint ; the affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety ...
... reasons wisely , is not therefore wise ; His pride in reas'ning , not in acting , lies . CXLI . Pope . The more honesty a man has , the less he affects the air of a saint ; the affectation of sanctity is a blotch on the face of piety ...
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