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mighty fabric he has raised; I will shake down from its height corruption, and bury it beneath the ruin of the abuses it was meant to shelter. Sheridan.
The path that leads to fortune too often passes through the narrow denies of meanness, which a man of an exalted spirit cannot stoop to tread.
The Maiden's Choice.
Genteel in personage,
Conduct and equipage,
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free;
Conduct and equipage,
Noble by heritage,
Generous and free;
Brave, not romantic,
Learn'd, not pedantic,
Frolic, not frantic,
This must he be.
Learn'd, not pedantic,
Frolic, not frantic,
This must he be.
Honour maintaining,
Meanness disdaining,
Still entertaining,
Engaging and new;
Meanness disdaining,
Still entertaining,
Engaging and new;
Neat, but not finical,
Sage, but not cynical,
Never tyrannical,
But ever true.
From An Old MS.
Sage, but not cynical,
Never tyrannical,
But ever true.
From An Old MS.
