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3852. SOLEMNITY.

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In Idleness.

3855. SIMPLICITY.

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Less without, and more within.

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§ Knighthoods and Honors borne

Without Desert, are Titles but of Scorn.

3857. COWARDS.

55. Cowards live

To die with lengthen'd shame.

3858. OBEDIENCE pious.

To be blest,

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3859. DEPENDANCE.

Poor Wretches who depend

On great Men's favor dream an idle Dream,

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3861. DEATH.
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3862. FORTITUDE

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A Roman with a Roman Heart can suffer.

3863. HONOR.

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3864. MARRIAGE,

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In in Woman
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There should be Qualities belov'd

With Constancy; beside that winning bait
Fairness, which strikes the eye.

3865. PEACE.

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3866. LOVE.

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3871. LIFE to be chearfully sacrificed to DUTY, A brave and good Man fears not to lose Life Upon a worthy Motive.

3872. VIRTUE,

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Earth is no Boundary for a virtuous Alind;

It loses here another where to find,

3873. TYRANNY.

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Tyranny sways uot as it has Power, but as it is

suffer'd.

3874. SELF-LOVE.

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Self-Love lays our Misfortune to any thing

but our Fault.

3875. ASTROLOGY.

2. Astrology is Deceit and Folly.

3876. AUTHORITY-abdicated will not be recall'd,

It is idle

To think to manage those Authorities

Which we have given away..

3877. SIMPLICITY.

Be no less than you seem,

3878. IMPRUDENCE parental.

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He who parts with every thing to his Children during his Life-time, should have kept a

Fool's Cap for himself,

3879 FRUTH-ill-endur'd. Truth's a Dog must to kennel. 3880. MAXIMS-prudential. Have more than thou showest.

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3882.

Lend less than thou owest

3883.

Learn more than thou trowest.

3884.

Set less than thou throwest.
3885.

Leave thy Drink and thy Whore,
And keep in a Door,

And thou shalt have more

Than two ten's to a score.

3886. PRODIGALITY.

He that keeps nor crust nor crumb,

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5887. INGRATITUDE.

The Hedge-sparrow fed the Cuckoo so long, That it had it's Head bit off by it's Young. 3888. AGE and STATION.

2. Old Men of reverend Station should be wise. 3889. IMPROVEMENT-has Limits.

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3890. FARRICIDE.

f Heaven all it's Thunders bends 'gainst Parricide."

3891. DUTY-filial.

Think with how manifold and strong a Bond The Child is bound to the Father.

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Lay Comforts to your Bosom.

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ACTS.

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3893. RAILING.

Rail not at those whom you know not*.

3894. ANGER.

Anger has a Privilege,

3895. ARMS, HONOR, and HONESTY.
2. Those should not wear a Sword

Who wear no Honesty."

3896, FLATTERERS.

+ Deceitful, smiling, fawning Flatterers, Like Rats, oft bite the holy cords in twain Too intricate to' unloose: soothe every Passion That in the nature of their Lords rebels: Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks With every gale and vary of their Masters †. 3897, BLUNTNESS-affected.

There are those

Who having been prais'd for Bluntness, do affect
A saucy roughness, and constrain the garb
Quite from it's nature. He can not flatter, he,
An honest Mind and plain:-he must speak
Truth:-

An they will take it,-so-if not, he's plain. 3898. CHILDREN often follow Interest rather than Duty or Affection.

Fathers that wear Rags

Do make their Children blind;

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But Fathers that bear Bags
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Quid de quoque viro, & cui dicas, sæpe caveto. HOR.
Negat, nego; ait, aio; postremo imperavi egomet mihi
Omnia assentiri.

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