Quote#World
Just men, by whom impartial laws were given
Quote byThomas Tickell · 1685–1740
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Death of Mr. Addison (1721), line 41. The work was an epitath for Tickell's friend and employer, Joseph Addison..
English (original)
Just men, by whom impartial laws were given; And saints who taught and led the way to heaven.
— Thomas Tickell
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A snow of blossoms and a wild of flowers.
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