The invisible spy, by Explorabilis, Volume 21773 |
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Page 173 - Has coin'd and ftamp'd for good. Pride and ambition here, Only in far-fetch'd metaphors appear ; Here nought but winds can hurtful murmurs fcatter, And nought but echo flatter. The Gods, when they defcended, hither From heaven did always chufe their way ; And therefore we may boldly fay, That 'tis the way too thither. How happy...
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