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... whose glutting Praise , ev'n thou wou'dft cry , Forbear ! Forbear ! or else I burst , I die . " Well but , ( Say you ) what Ufe does Science yield , " If in the parent Mind it lie conceal'd ? " If there the Leaven fwell , in vain , for ...
... whose glutting Praise , ev'n thou wou'dft cry , Forbear ! Forbear ! or else I burst , I die . " Well but , ( Say you ) what Ufe does Science yield , " If in the parent Mind it lie conceal'd ? " If there the Leaven fwell , in vain , for ...
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... Whose Flux of Elegy infests our Ears ? Nay , all the Trash that trickles from the Heads Of glutted Fops , who loll on Citron Beds ? Yes , this forfooth ! is Fame , the Jewel fought : Yes , and ( what's worse ) this too is meerly bought ...
... Whose Flux of Elegy infests our Ears ? Nay , all the Trash that trickles from the Heads Of glutted Fops , who loll on Citron Beds ? Yes , this forfooth ! is Fame , the Jewel fought : Yes , and ( what's worse ) this too is meerly bought ...
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... whose harsh Page The currish Letter fnarles perpetual Rage ? P. Adieu then , honest Muse ! Write , they who care : For me , let all that's black , at once be fair . 245 he calls an Apologetical Dialogue , seems to have an Eye to this ...
... whose harsh Page The currish Letter fnarles perpetual Rage ? P. Adieu then , honest Muse ! Write , they who care : For me , let all that's black , at once be fair . 245 he calls an Apologetical Dialogue , seems to have an Eye to this ...
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... ( whose sharpen'd mental Eye Discerns each Object in the clearest Light ) Thus plainly proves thy reasoning is not right : 170 • Who leads ( fay's he ) a Life control'd by none , That Man , we grant , may Freedom style his own : • But ...
... ( whose sharpen'd mental Eye Discerns each Object in the clearest Light ) Thus plainly proves thy reasoning is not right : 170 • Who leads ( fay's he ) a Life control'd by none , That Man , we grant , may Freedom style his own : • But ...
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Persius. For Lords there are , there are , mistaken Friend ! Whose Power , no manumitting Rod can end . Boy ! ( cries a Master ) to the Baths repair : • Away - begone , and leave these Scrapers there : · · 255 Fly , Loiterer , fly ...
Persius. For Lords there are , there are , mistaken Friend ! Whose Power , no manumitting Rod can end . Boy ! ( cries a Master ) to the Baths repair : • Away - begone , and leave these Scrapers there : · · 255 Fly , Loiterer , fly ...
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