Date: 1718
"Affronted Reason stings us with Remorse, / Suggests the Danger and obstructs our Course."
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Date: 1718
"Repeated Prostitutions conquer Shame, / Assure the Face, and struggling Reason tame."
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Date: 1718
"Should you the Reins to guilty Passions give, / And to suppress reluctant Conscience strive, / You must maintain a long uncertain Field, / By Turns prevail, by Turns inglorious yield."
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Date: 1718
"That dreadful Worm may long enchanted lie, / And roll'd in Volumes sleep, but cannot die; / Rousing at Times, indignant 'twill exert / Immortal Rage, and sting you to the Heart."
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