Elegant Extracts, 3–4. köideVicesimus Knox 1809 |
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... truth , As truth's authentic author to be cited , As true as Troilus , shall crown up the verse , And sanctify the numbers . Cres . Prophet may you be ! If I be false , or swerve a hair from truth , When time is old and hath forgot ...
... truth , As truth's authentic author to be cited , As true as Troilus , shall crown up the verse , And sanctify the numbers . Cres . Prophet may you be ! If I be false , or swerve a hair from truth , When time is old and hath forgot ...
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... truth , it looks the very same ; Not rais'd to force , or feign'd in Nature's scorn , But meant to grace , illustrate , and adorn . Important truths still let your fables hold , And moral mysteries with art unfold : Ladies and beaux to ...
... truth , it looks the very same ; Not rais'd to force , or feign'd in Nature's scorn , But meant to grace , illustrate , and adorn . Important truths still let your fables hold , And moral mysteries with art unfold : Ladies and beaux to ...
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... truth and honor are given . But honor and truth are so rare , And horns , when they're cutting , so tingle , That , with all my respect to the fair , I'd advise him to sigh , and live single . It appears from these premises plain , That ...
... truth and honor are given . But honor and truth are so rare , And horns , when they're cutting , so tingle , That , with all my respect to the fair , I'd advise him to sigh , and live single . It appears from these premises plain , That ...
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