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What's all the noisy jargon of the schools?

— John Pomfret Reason (1700)

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We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,
And still adore the hand that gives the blow.

Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.

We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.

Wine whets the wit, improves its native force…

I'd have a clear and competent estate,
That I might live genteelly, but not great.

The Choice (1700)

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