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... knowledge see , Could I read Nature and mankind like thee , I should o'ercome or bear the shocks of Fate , And ev'n draw envy to the humblest state . Thou canst raise honour from each ill event , From shocks gain vigour , and from want ...
... knowledge see , Could I read Nature and mankind like thee , I should o'ercome or bear the shocks of Fate , And ev'n draw envy to the humblest state . Thou canst raise honour from each ill event , From shocks gain vigour , and from want ...
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... knowledge gain , In knowledge bliss ; for wisdom virtue finds , And brightens mortal to immortal minds . Kind then my wrongs , if love like yours succeed , For you , like Virtue , are a friend indeed ! 15 Oft ' when you saw my youth ...
... knowledge gain , In knowledge bliss ; for wisdom virtue finds , And brightens mortal to immortal minds . Kind then my wrongs , if love like yours succeed , For you , like Virtue , are a friend indeed ! 15 Oft ' when you saw my youth ...
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... knowledge thro ' the course of things . " Thence hope is form'd , thence fortitude , success , " Renown - whate'er men covet and caress . " 250 The vanish'd fiend thus sent a hollow voice , " Would'st thou be happy straight be death thy ...
... knowledge thro ' the course of things . " Thence hope is form'd , thence fortitude , success , " Renown - whate'er men covet and caress . " 250 The vanish'd fiend thus sent a hollow voice , " Would'st thou be happy straight be death thy ...
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