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It can't be Nature, for it is not sense.

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Charles Churchill
Died: 1764
Died: November 4
Poet
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City of Westminster
Sense
Nature

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Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.
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Nor waste their sweetness in the desert air.
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Great use they have, when in the hands Of one like me, who understands, Who understands the time and place, The person, manner, and the grace, Which fools neglect so that we find, If all the requisites are join'd, From whence a perfect joke must spring, A joke's a very serious thing.
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Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford and reputation bleeds in every word.
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Within the brain's most secret cells, A certain lord chief justice dwells, Of sov'reign power, whom one and all, With common voice we reason call.
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With curious art the brain, too finely wrought, Preys on herself, and is destroyed by thought.
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By different methods different men excel, but where is he who can do all things well?
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