Date: 1725
"Forgive the harsh Expression, for believe, of all Mankind, I cou'd esteem you as a Friend--but, alas! my Heart wants room to entertain you as a tender Guest; long e're I knew your Merits it was taken up, all the Affections of my Soul are riveted to another--to him I am bound by all the ties of H...
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Date: 1734
"[W]hat lawless passions, / What vain desires, what vicious turns of thought / Lurk there unheeded: Bring them forth to view, / And sacrifice the rebels to his honour."
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Date: 1734
"Too strait the mansion for th'illustrious guest."
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Date: 1734
"A surprising Phænomenon of nature is this, that the soul of man, which ranges abroad though the heavens, and the earth, and the deep waters, and unfolds a thousand mysteries of nature, which penetrates the systems of stars and suns, worlds upon worlds, should be so unhappy a stranger at home, an...
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Date: 1744
"Why, to be good in vain, is man betray'd? / Betray'd by traitors lodged in his own breast, / By sweet complacencies from Virtue felt?"
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Date: 1744
"Or if blind Instinct (which assumes the name / Of sacred Conscience) plays the fool in man, / Why Reason made accomplice in the cheat?"
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Date: 1744
"Still unsubdued thy stubborn heart?--for there / The traitor lurks, who doubts the truth I sing."
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Date: 1744
"Reason is guiltless! Will alone rebels."
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Date: 1744
"What, in that stubborn heart if I should find / New, unexpected witnesses against thee? / Ambition, Pleasure, and the Love of Gain!"
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Date: 1744
"I'll introduce Lorenzo to himself: / Pleasure and Pride (bad masters) share our hearts."
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