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... head , and the like ; so , if a man's wits be wandering , let him study the mathematics , for in demonstrations , if his wit be called away never so little , he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to dis- tinguish or find ...
... head , and the like ; so , if a man's wits be wandering , let him study the mathematics , for in demonstrations , if his wit be called away never so little , he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to dis- tinguish or find ...
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... heads and elohims of the earth . Could the world unite in the practice of that despised train of virtues which the ... head for some Latin abilities ; and to undervalue 1 That is , " the king of the Stoics , " whose founder was Zeno ...
... heads and elohims of the earth . Could the world unite in the practice of that despised train of virtues which the ... head for some Latin abilities ; and to undervalue 1 That is , " the king of the Stoics , " whose founder was Zeno ...
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... head From thy coral - paven bed , And bridle in thy headlong wave , Till thou our summons answered have . Listen , and save ! SABRINA rises , attended by Water Nymphs , and sings . By the rushy - fringed bank , Where grows the willow ...
... head From thy coral - paven bed , And bridle in thy headlong wave , Till thou our summons answered have . Listen , and save ! SABRINA rises , attended by Water Nymphs , and sings . By the rushy - fringed bank , Where grows the willow ...
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... head of thine . Next Camus , reverend sire , went footing slow , His mantle hairy , and his bonnet sedge , Inwrought with figures dim , and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower , inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft , quoth he ...
... head of thine . Next Camus , reverend sire , went footing slow , His mantle hairy , and his bonnet sedge , Inwrought with figures dim , and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower , inscribed with woe . Ah ! who hath reft , quoth he ...
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... head , And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed , And daffadillies fill their cups with tears , To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies . For , so to interpose a little ease , Let our frail ...
... head , And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed , And daffadillies fill their cups with tears , To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies . For , so to interpose a little ease , Let our frail ...
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