Has she no faults then (Envy says), Sir Yes she has one, I must aver When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf and does not hear.
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See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again All forms that perish other forms supply By turns we catch the vital breath and die.Alexander Pope
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Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?
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You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come Knock as you please, there's no body at home.
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For he lives twice who can at once employ The present well, and evn the past enjoy.
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Heav'n, as its purest gold, by tortures tried; The saint sustained it, but the woman died.
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