“ Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid. ”
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“ His thirst he slakes at some pure neighboring brook, Nor seeks for sauce where Appetite stands cook. ”
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“ Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid. ”
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“ Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. ”
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“ Appearances to save, his only care; So things seem right, no matter what they are. ”
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“ Within the brain's most secret cellsA certain Lord Chief Justice dwellsOf sovereign power, whom one and allWith common voice, we Reason call. ”
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“ Men the most infamous are fond of fame, And those who fear not guilt, yet start at shame. ”
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“ Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind. ”
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“ Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of fate in grounds of tea. ”
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“ With various readings stored his empty skull, Learn'd without sense, and venerably dull. ”
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“ Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ”
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“ His voice no touch of harmony admits, Irregularly deep, and shrill by fits. The two extremes appear like man and wife Coupled together for the sake of strife. ”
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“ Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. ”
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“ Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring. ”
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“ The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ”
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“ Why should we fear; and what? The laws? They all are armed in virtue's cause; And aiming at the self-same end, Satire is always virtue's friend. ”
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“ The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own. ”
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“ Fashion — a word which knaves and fools may use, Their knavery and folly to excuse. ”
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“ Ne'er blush'd, unless, in spreading vice's snares, She blunder'd on some virtue unawares. ”
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“ Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind. ”
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“ Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid. ”
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“ Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read. ”
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