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I called the world mad, and the world called me mad, and they outvoted me.
’T is beauty calls, and glory shows the way.
The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677)
Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!
The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677)
As man; false man, smiling destructive man.
Vows with so much passion, swears with so much grace,
That ’t is a kind of heaven to be deluded by him.
The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677)
When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.
The Rival Queens, or the Death of Alexander the Great (1677)
When the sun sets, shadows, that showed at noon
But small, appear most long and terrible.
Œdipus (1679)
The stars, heav'n sentry, wink and seem to die.
Philip fought men, but Alexander women.
The Rival Queens (1677)
Theodosius, or the Force of Love (acted 1680), Act iii., Sc. 2.
The Theological and Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Priestley, Volume 17, pg321, in "Remarks on M. Depuis's Origin of All Religions" (? date)
And in a letter 7 January 1799 (pg15-16, Letters)