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Gender of Author:
"Male"
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Religion of Author:
"Roman Catholic"
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Work title:
"An Essay on Man; or The First Book of Ethic Epistles to H. St. John L. Bolingbroke"
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Literary Period:
"Long Eighteenth Century"
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Metaphor Category:
"Mineral"
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Date: 1733-4
"Th' Eternal Art educing good from ill, / Grafts on this Passion our best principle: / 'Tis thus the Mercury of Man is fix'd, / Strong grows the Virtue with his nature mix'd."
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Date: 1733-4
"Strong grows the Virtue with his nature mix'd; / The dross cements what else were refin'd, / And in one interest body acts with mind."
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Date: 1733-4
"Self-Love but serves the virtuous Mind to wake, / As the small Pebble stirs the peaceful Lake, / The Centre mov'd, a Circle strait succeeds, / Another still, and still another spreads."
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