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"Thou hop’st with sacrifice of oxen slain To compass wealth, and bribe the god of gain To give thee flocks and herds, with large increase; Fool! to expect them from a bullock’s grease."
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John DrydenLet those find fault whose wits so very small, — John Dryden
"Let those find fault whose wits so very small, Theyve need to show that they can think at all; Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; He who would search for pearls, must dive below. Fops may have leave to level all they can; As pigmies would be glad to lop a man. Half-wits are fleas; so little and so light, We scarce could know they live, but that they bite."
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John Dryden
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John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romantic writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John".
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"Ah that your business had been mine, To pen the sheep."
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"One world sufficed not Alexander’s mind; Coop’d up he seem’d, in earth and seas confined."
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"They follow their undaunted king; Crowd through their gates; and, in the fields of light, The shocking squadrons meet in mortal fight."
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"Their standard, planted on the battlement, Despair and death among the soldiers sent."
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"’Tis good for arable; a glebe that asks Tough teams of oxen; and laborious tasks."
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