 Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they...  Elements of Criticism - Page 209by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762Full view - About this book
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...Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, — Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo), Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : The dram of base Doth all the noble substance... | |
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...he has himself described. " There are men Who carrying the stamp of one defect, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. * # » # # The dram of base Doth all the noble... | |
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...mcn,Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect ; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, — Their virtues else r as thy father, and his father, did, Giving no ground unto the house of York, * censure, take corruption From that particular fault: The dram of base Doth all the noble substance... | |
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...Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect; Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man 'may undergo,) Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault: The dram of ill t Doth all the noble substance... | |
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