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... truth is ( if the truth may suit your ear , And prejudice have left a passage clear ) , Pride has attain'd its most luxuriant growth , And poison'd every virtue in them both . Pride may be pamper'd while the flesh grows lean ; Humility ...
... truth is ( if the truth may suit your ear , And prejudice have left a passage clear ) , Pride has attain'd its most luxuriant growth , And poison'd every virtue in them both . Pride may be pamper'd while the flesh grows lean ; Humility ...
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... truth . But what is truth ? ' Twas Pilate's question put To truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . THE GARDEN . 271.
... truth . But what is truth ? ' Twas Pilate's question put To truth itself , that deign'd him no reply . THE GARDEN . 271.
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... truth How lovely , and the moral sense how sure , *** Consulted and obey'd , to guide his steps Directly to the first and only fair . Spare not in such a cause . Spend all the powers Of rant and rhapsody in virtue's praise : Be most ...
... truth How lovely , and the moral sense how sure , *** Consulted and obey'd , to guide his steps Directly to the first and only fair . Spare not in such a cause . Spend all the powers Of rant and rhapsody in virtue's praise : Be most ...
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The Yearly Distress or Tithing Time at Stock in | 154 |
Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk | 160 |
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