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- The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind. Bay
- Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind; Though fraught with all learning, yet straining… All
- And learn the luxury of doing good. Good
- In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd… All
- The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is… Adversity
- Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a… Alone
- A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined. Active
- Of all kinds of ambition, that which pursues poetical fame is the wildest All
- Silence is become his mother tongue. Mother
- Elegy of the Death of a Mad Dog The dog, to gain some praivate ends, Went mad and bit the man. Bit
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog And in that town a dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp,… Both
- There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. Allied
- The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing. Circumstances
- The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died. Bite
- The English laws punish vice; the Chinese laws do more, they reward virtue. Chinese
- Of praise a mere glutton, he swallow'd what came, And the puff a dunce, he mistook it for fame; Till his relish grown callous, almost… Callous
- Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,- A breath… Accumulates
- A flattering painter, who made it his care To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are. Care
- Measures, not men, have always been my mark. Been
- Little things are great to little men. Great
- Unequal combinations are always disadvantageous to the weaker side. Business
- Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And every stranger finds a ready chair. Abode
- The pictures placed for ornament and use, The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose. Gambling
- Crimes generally punish themselves. Crime
- This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey. Arrant
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