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the court , that Butler ' s loyalty and wit did not procure him some alleviation from
obscurity and want . Like Cervantes he was universally admired , and like him
suffered to languish in indigence . Charles 2 , indeed once ordered him £300 ...
the court , that Butler ' s loyalty and wit did not procure him some alleviation from
obscurity and want . Like Cervantes he was universally admired , and like him
suffered to languish in indigence . Charles 2 , indeed once ordered him £300 ...
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... we therefore may suppose those madé not poets , but the poets those , and as
courts make not kings , but kings the court , so where the Muses and their train
resort , Parnassu ' s stands ; if I can be to thee i a poet , thou Parnassus art to me .
... we therefore may suppose those madé not poets , but the poets those , and as
courts make not kings , but kings the court , so where the Muses and their train
resort , Parnassu ' s stands ; if I can be to thee i a poet , thou Parnassus art to me .
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... for their friend , kings far remote , that rules , as fame reports , behind the
hidden sources of the Nile , in distant worlds , on t ' other side the sun : oft have
their black ambassadors appear ' d , loaden with gifts , and fill ' d the courts of
Zama .
... for their friend , kings far remote , that rules , as fame reports , behind the
hidden sources of the Nile , in distant worlds , on t ' other side the sun : oft have
their black ambassadors appear ' d , loaden with gifts , and fill ' d the courts of
Zama .
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regardless if the cause be bad or good ; or cringe in courts , depending on the
nods of strutting pigmies who would pass for gods . For me , unpractis ' d in the
courtiers ' school , who loathe a knave , and tremble at a fool ; who honour
generous ...
regardless if the cause be bad or good ; or cringe in courts , depending on the
nods of strutting pigmies who would pass for gods . For me , unpractis ' d in the
courtiers ' school , who loathe a knave , and tremble at a fool ; who honour
generous ...
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regardless if the cause be bad or good ; or cringe in courts , depending on the
nods of strutting pigmies who would pass for gods . For me , unpractis ' d in the
courtiers ' school , who loathe a knave , and tremble at a fool ; who honour
generous ...
regardless if the cause be bad or good ; or cringe in courts , depending on the
nods of strutting pigmies who would pass for gods . For me , unpractis ' d in the
courtiers ' school , who loathe a knave , and tremble at a fool ; who honour
generous ...
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Страница 1 - Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose. Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
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