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Page 47
So , though the chymic his great secret miss , ( For neither it in Art nor Nature is ) Yet , things well worth his ... But glorifies his pregnant pot , If by the way to him befal Some odoriferous thing , or medicinal , So lovers dream ...
So , though the chymic his great secret miss , ( For neither it in Art nor Nature is ) Yet , things well worth his ... But glorifies his pregnant pot , If by the way to him befal Some odoriferous thing , or medicinal , So lovers dream ...
Page 173
Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
Religion , ' says Waller , ' ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in ... and the first impediment which men naturally endeavour to remove , is the want of those things without which they ...
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He has therefore in his whole volume nothing burlesque , and seldom any thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on ...
He has therefore in his whole volume nothing burlesque , and seldom any thing ludicrous or familiar . He seems always to do his best ; though his subjects are often unworthy of his care . It is not easy to think without some contempt on ...
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