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... laws , And is himself that great Sublime he draws . Thus long succeeding Critics justly reign'd , Licence repress'd , and useful laws ordain'd . Learning and Rome alike in empire grew ; And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew ...
... laws , And is himself that great Sublime he draws . Thus long succeeding Critics justly reign'd , Licence repress'd , and useful laws ordain'd . Learning and Rome alike in empire grew ; And Arts still follow'd where her Eagles flew ...
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... laws preserve each state , Laws wise as Nature , and as fix'd as Fate . In vain thy Reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle Justice in her net of Law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong ; Still for the strong too weak , the weak ...
... laws preserve each state , Laws wise as Nature , and as fix'd as Fate . In vain thy Reason finer webs shall draw , Entangle Justice in her net of Law , And right , too rigid , harden into wrong ; Still for the strong too weak , the weak ...
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... law his eye , their oracle his tongue . He from the wond'ring furrow call'd the food , Taught to command the fire ... laws , T'invert the world , and counter - work its Cause ? Force first made Conquest , and that conquest , Law ...
... law his eye , their oracle his tongue . He from the wond'ring furrow call'd the food , Taught to command the fire ... laws , T'invert the world , and counter - work its Cause ? Force first made Conquest , and that conquest , Law ...
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