Minor English Poets, 1660-1780: A Selection from Alexander Chalmers' The English Poets, 1. köideDavid P. French B. Blom, 1967 |
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... truth , but truth from rules . This pagan , heathenish invention Is good for nothing but contention : For as , in sword and buckler fight , All blows do on the target light ; So when men argue , the great'st part O ' th ' contest falls ...
... truth , but truth from rules . This pagan , heathenish invention Is good for nothing but contention : For as , in sword and buckler fight , All blows do on the target light ; So when men argue , the great'st part O ' th ' contest falls ...
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... truth alone , If nothing else but truth w ' allow , ' Tis no great matter what we do : For Truth is too reserv'd , and nice , T " appear in mix'd societies ; Delights in solitary abodes , And never shows herself in crowds ; A sullen ...
... truth alone , If nothing else but truth w ' allow , ' Tis no great matter what we do : For Truth is too reserv'd , and nice , T " appear in mix'd societies ; Delights in solitary abodes , And never shows herself in crowds ; A sullen ...
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... truth of what they ' ad heard , Resolv'd , henceforth , to give truth no regard , But what was for their interests to vouch , And either find it out , or make it such : That ' twas more admirable to create Inventions , like truth , out ...
... truth of what they ' ad heard , Resolv'd , henceforth , to give truth no regard , But what was for their interests to vouch , And either find it out , or make it such : That ' twas more admirable to create Inventions , like truth , out ...
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