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... fool ! SUPERIOR beings , when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a NEWTON , as we fhow an Ape . 25 30 COULD he , whofe rules the whirling comet bind , 35 ne rien ...
... fool ! SUPERIOR beings , when of late they faw A mortal man unfold all Nature's law , Admir'd fuch wisdom in an earthly shape , And fhew'd a NEWTON , as we fhow an Ape . 25 30 COULD he , whofe rules the whirling comet bind , 35 ne rien ...
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... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft , no meaning , or the fame . Self - love and reafon to one end afpire , Pain their averfion , pleafure their defire ; But greedy that its object would devour , This tafte the honey , and ...
... fools , at war about a name , Have full as oft , no meaning , or the fame . Self - love and reafon to one end afpire , Pain their averfion , pleafure their defire ; But greedy that its object would devour , This tafte the honey , and ...
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... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A fharp accufer but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge , turn pleader , to perfuade The choice we make , or justify it made : Proud of an eafy conqueft all along , She but removes ...
... fools ? Teach us to mourn our nature , not to mend , A fharp accufer but a helpless friend ! Or from a judge , turn pleader , to perfuade The choice we make , or justify it made : Proud of an eafy conqueft all along , She but removes ...
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... FOOLS ! who from hence into the notion fall , That Vice or Virtue there is none at all . If white and black , blend , foften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? K 190 195 200 Afk your own heart , and nothing is fo ...
... FOOLS ! who from hence into the notion fall , That Vice or Virtue there is none at all . If white and black , blend , foften , and unite A thousand ways , is there no black or white ? K 190 195 200 Afk your own heart , and nothing is fo ...
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... fool by fits is fair and wife , And ev'n the best by fits what they defpife . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , SELF directs it ftill ; Each Individual feeks a fevral goal : 215 220 225 But HEAV'N's great ...
... fool by fits is fair and wife , And ev'n the best by fits what they defpife . ' Tis but by parts we follow good or ill , For , vice or virtue , SELF directs it ftill ; Each Individual feeks a fevral goal : 215 220 225 But HEAV'N's great ...
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