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Here stocks , the state - barometers , we view , That rise or fall , by causes known to few ; ( 1 ) Promotion's ladder who goes up or down ; Who wed , or who seduced , amuse the town ; What new - born heir has made his father blest ...
Here stocks , the state - barometers , we view , That rise or fall , by causes known to few ; ( 1 ) Promotion's ladder who goes up or down ; Who wed , or who seduced , amuse the town ; What new - born heir has made his father blest ...
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Pride lives with all ; strange names our rustics give To helpless infants , that their own may live ; Pleased to be known , they ' ll some attention claim , And find some by - way to the house of fame . The straightest furrow lifts the ...
Pride lives with all ; strange names our rustics give To helpless infants , that their own may live ; Pleased to be known , they ' ll some attention claim , And find some by - way to the house of fame . The straightest furrow lifts the ...
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I mark th ' approaching day , 6 When warring natures will confess thy sway ; “ When thou shalt Saturn's golden reign restore , “ And vice and folly shall be known no more . “ Pride shall not then in human - kind have place , “ Changed ...
I mark th ' approaching day , 6 When warring natures will confess thy sway ; “ When thou shalt Saturn's golden reign restore , “ And vice and folly shall be known no more . “ Pride shall not then in human - kind have place , “ Changed ...
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