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... virtue , ver . 165. That even these can make no man happy without virtue : instanced in riches , ver . 183. Honours , ver . 191. Nobility , ver . 203. Greatness , ver . 215. Fame , ver . 235. Superior talents , ver . 257 , & c . With ...
... virtue , ver . 165. That even these can make no man happy without virtue : instanced in riches , ver . 183. Honours , ver . 191. Nobility , ver . 203. Greatness , ver . 215. Fame , ver . 235. Superior talents , ver . 257 , & c . With ...
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... virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous Vice attains , ' Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains : And grant the bad what happiness they would , One ...
... virtue , whether blest or curst , Which meets contempt , or which compassion first ? Count all th ' advantage prosp'rous Vice attains , ' Tis but what Virtue flies from and disdains : And grant the bad what happiness they would , One ...
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... virtue free . Virtue's a pretty thing to make a show ; Did ever mortal write like Rochefoucauld ? " Thus pleads the devil's fair apologist , And , pleading , safely enters on his list . Let angel - forms angelic truths maintain , Nature ...
... virtue free . Virtue's a pretty thing to make a show ; Did ever mortal write like Rochefoucauld ? " Thus pleads the devil's fair apologist , And , pleading , safely enters on his list . Let angel - forms angelic truths maintain , Nature ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I ΙΟ | 15 |
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