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Tea! Thou soft, thou sober,
sage and venerable liquid ...
to whose glorious insipidity,
I owe the happiest moments of my life,
let me fall prostrate.


Colley Cibber

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The bridal of the earth and sky;
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And thou meanderest forever
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Thy summers play,
My thoughtless hand
Has brush'd away.

Am not ...
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With all thou art
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Then bind me in thy...
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Thou art not so unkind,
As man's ingratitude.
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Against stupidity the very gods
Themselves contend i...
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To thy breast, and make thee dead
To thy children, t...
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To say to me that thou art out of breath?
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Now hast thou but one bare hour to live,
And then thou must be dam...
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Thou art the grisly terror of our age.
Wreck of all ...
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Salvation to all that will is nigh;
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in years gone by, in moments now,
in currents, undertows...
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And pavement stars—as starts to thee appear
...
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so the fragrant liquid ...
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As mountain winds: but then exactly do
All points of my command.
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Now, by St. Paul, the work goes bravely on.
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COLLEY CIBBER Words are but empty thanks.
COLLEY CIBBER The aspiring youth that fired the Ephesian dome Outlives, in fame, the pious fool that rais'd it.
COLLEY CIBBER A weak Invention of the Enemy.
COLLEY CIBBER Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
COLLEY CIBBER You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.
COLLEY CIBBER Thou strange piece of wild nature!
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COLLEY CIBBER Our hours in love have wings; in absence, crutches.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh, say! what is that thing call'd light, Which I must ne'er enjoy? What are the blessings of...
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended, Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best.
COLLEY CIBBER The will for the deed.
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COLLEY CIBBER As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.
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COLLEY CIBBER Losers must have leave to speak.
COLLEY CIBBER Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new before they ’re ended.
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and those they choose.
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and tho...
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COLLEY CIBBER Tea! thou soft, sober, sage and venerable liquid;- thou female tongue-running, smile-smoothing, hear...
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COLLEY CIBBER Perish the thought!
COLLEY CIBBER Conscience avaunt, Richard's himself again.
COLLEY CIBBER and those they lose.
COLLEY CIBBER One had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion
COLLEY CIBBER Stolen sweets are best
COLLEY CIBBER Dumb's a sly dog.
COLLEY CIBBER Oh! how many torments lie in the small circle of a wedding ring.
COLLEY CIBBER Ah! good Sir! no Whores before Dinner, I beseech you."

[Love's Last Shift]
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