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"Just men, by whom impartial laws were given; And saints who taught and led the way to heaven."
Thomas Tickell / On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 41.

On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 41.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss conveyed A fairer spirit or more welcome shade."
Thomas Tickell / On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 45.

On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 45.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"There taught us how to live; and (oh, too high The price for knowledge!) taught us how to die."
Thomas Tickell / On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 81.

On the Death of Mr. Addison. Line 81.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"The sweetest garland to the sweetest maid."
Thomas Tickell / To a Lady with a Present of Flowers.

To a Lady with a Present of Flowers.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"I hear a voice you cannot hear, Which says I must not stay; I see a hand you cannot see, Which beckons me away."
Thomas Tickell / Colin and Lucy.

Colin and Lucy.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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