Quote #36

A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labors tire.

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  1. Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholar's life assail -…
  2. He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
  3. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind, from China to Peru.
  4. 'Enlarge my life with multitude of days!' In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays: Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know…
  5. Ah! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public's voice; The drama's laws the drama's patrons give, For …
  6. Superfluous lags the vet'ran on the stage.
  7. Declamation roared, while Passion slept.
  8. Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?

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