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WUSTOM is the plague of wise men , and the idol of fools . As to be perfectly just ,
is an attribute of the Divine Nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the
glory of man No man was ever casť down with the injuries of fortune , unless he ...
WUSTOM is the plague of wise men , and the idol of fools . As to be perfectly just ,
is an attribute of the Divine Nature ; to be so to the utmost of our abilities , is the
glory of man No man was ever casť down with the injuries of fortune , unless he ...
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Virtue ( for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit , with humanity : ' Tis
sometimes angry , and it ' s frown confounds ; " Tis e ' en vindictive , but in
vengeance just . Knaves fain would laugh at it ; some great one ' s dare ; But at
his ...
Virtue ( for mere Good - nature is a fool ) Is sense and spirit , with humanity : ' Tis
sometimes angry , and it ' s frown confounds ; " Tis e ' en vindictive , but in
vengeance just . Knaves fain would laugh at it ; some great one ' s dare ; But at
his ...
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A fool , a fool ; — I met a fool i ' th ' forest , A motley fool ; a miserable varlet ! . As I
do live by food , I met a fool , Who laid him down , and bask ' d him in the sun , .
And rail ' d on lady Fortune in good terms , In good set terms , and yet a motley ...
A fool , a fool ; — I met a fool i ' th ' forest , A motley fool ; a miserable varlet ! . As I
do live by food , I met a fool , Who laid him down , and bask ' d him in the sun , .
And rail ' d on lady Fortune in good terms , In good set terms , and yet a motley ...
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When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time , My lungs began to crow
like chanticleer , That fools should be so deep contemplative : And I did laugh ,
sans intermission , An hour by his dial . O noble fool , A worthy fool ! motley ' s the
...
When I did hear The motley fool thus moral on the time , My lungs began to crow
like chanticleer , That fools should be so deep contemplative : And I did laugh ,
sans intermission , An hour by his dial . O noble fool , A worthy fool ! motley ' s the
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... fools would reck : a breath thou art , Servile to all the skiey influences , That do
this habitation , where thou keep ' st , Hourly afflict ; merely thou art death ' s fool '
; For him thou labour ' st by thy flight to shun , And yet runn ' st tow ' rd hini still .
... fools would reck : a breath thou art , Servile to all the skiey influences , That do
this habitation , where thou keep ' st , Hourly afflict ; merely thou art death ' s fool '
; For him thou labour ' st by thy flight to shun , And yet runn ' st tow ' rd hini still .
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Informações bibliográficas
| Título | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Autor | William Enfield |
| Editor | William Enfield |
| Editora | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Original de | Oxford University |
| Digitalizado | 13 jun. 2007 |
| Num. págs. | 376 páginas |
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