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Page 156
... feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; 125 Or plung'd in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedg'd whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While ...
... feel sharp vengeance soon o'ertake his sins , Be stopp'd in vials , or transfix'd with pins ; 125 Or plung'd in lakes of bitter washes lie , Or wedg'd whole ages in a bodkin's eye : Gums and pomatums shall his flight restrain , While ...
Page 231
... feels , Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels . In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise ? " Tis but to know how little can be known ; To see all others ' faults , and feel our own : Condemn'd ...
... feels , Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels . In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell ( for you can ) what is it to be wise ? " Tis but to know how little can be known ; To see all others ' faults , and feel our own : Condemn'd ...
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... feel , There's a strange something , which without a brain Fools feel , and with one wise men can't explain , Planted in man , to bind him to that earth , In dearest ties , from whence he drew his birth . If Honour calls , where'er she ...
... feel , There's a strange something , which without a brain Fools feel , and with one wise men can't explain , Planted in man , to bind him to that earth , In dearest ties , from whence he drew his birth . If Honour calls , where'er she ...
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If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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