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... learned stoics maintain , 185 Not bad simpliciter , nor good , But merely as ' tis understood . Sense is deceitful , and may feign As well in counterfeiting pain 190 As other gross phænomenas In which it oft mistakes 6 [ PART II ...
... learned stoics maintain , 185 Not bad simpliciter , nor good , But merely as ' tis understood . Sense is deceitful , and may feign As well in counterfeiting pain 190 As other gross phænomenas In which it oft mistakes 6 [ PART II ...
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... learned duellists , 230 They that are bruised with wood , or fists , And think one beating may for once Suffice , are cowards and poltroons ; But if they dare engage t ' a second , They're stout and gallant fellows reckoned . Th ' old ...
... learned duellists , 230 They that are bruised with wood , or fists , And think one beating may for once Suffice , are cowards and poltroons ; But if they dare engage t ' a second , They're stout and gallant fellows reckoned . Th ' old ...
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... learned jesuits use , And presbyterians , for excuse 270 275 Against the protestants , when th ' happen To find their churches taken napping : As thus ; A breach of oath is duple , And either way admits a scruple , And may be , ex parte ...
... learned jesuits use , And presbyterians , for excuse 270 275 Against the protestants , when th ' happen To find their churches taken napping : As thus ; A breach of oath is duple , And either way admits a scruple , And may be , ex parte ...
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... learned counsel there Make laws in any shape appear ? Mould ' em as witches do their clay , When they make pictures to destroy ? And vex them into any form That fits their purpose to do harm ? 335 Rack ' em until they do confess ...
... learned counsel there Make laws in any shape appear ? Mould ' em as witches do their clay , When they make pictures to destroy ? And vex them into any form That fits their purpose to do harm ? 335 Rack ' em until they do confess ...
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... learned philosophers maintain , It ne'er came backwards down again , But in the airy region yet Hangs , like the body of Mahomet : For if it be above the shade , That by the earth's round bulk is made , 445 ' Tis probable it may , from ...
... learned philosophers maintain , It ne'er came backwards down again , But in the airy region yet Hangs , like the body of Mahomet : For if it be above the shade , That by the earth's round bulk is made , 445 ' Tis probable it may , from ...
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