But still remember, if you mean to please, To press your point with modesty and ease.
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The darkest day, if you live till tomorrow, will have passed away.William Cowper
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Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd, And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard To carry nature lengths unknown before, To give a Milton birth, ask'd ages more.
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If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one . . . .
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I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss-gentleman that 's all perfume.
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A firm persuasion of the superintendence of Providence over all our concerns is absolutely necessary to our happiness.
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