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... head - dress of a Prude , Or e'er to costive lap - dog gave disease , Which not the tears of brightest eyes could ease : Hear me , and touch Belinda with chagrin ; That single act gives half the world the spleen . The Goddess with a ...
... head - dress of a Prude , Or e'er to costive lap - dog gave disease , Which not the tears of brightest eyes could ease : Hear me , and touch Belinda with chagrin ; That single act gives half the world the spleen . The Goddess with a ...
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... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another , in this genʼral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing ...
... head ? What if the head , the eye , or ear repin'd To serve mere engines to the ruling Mind ? Just as absurd for any part to claim To be another , in this genʼral frame : Just as absurd , to mourn the tasks or pains The great directing ...
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... Head : None want a place , for all their Centre found , Hung to the Goddess , and coher'd around . Not closer , orb in orb , conglob'd are seen The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen . The gath'ring number , as it moves along ...
... Head : None want a place , for all their Centre found , Hung to the Goddess , and coher'd around . Not closer , orb in orb , conglob'd are seen The buzzing Bees about their dusky Queen . The gath'ring number , as it moves along ...
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