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"Such and so various are the tastes of men."
Mark Akenside / Pleasures of the Imagination. Book iii. Line 567.

Pleasures of the Imagination. Book iii. Line 567.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Than Timoleon's arms require, And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre."
Mark Akenside / Ode. On a Sermon against Glory. Stanza ii.

Ode. On a Sermon against Glory. Stanza ii.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise."
Mark Akenside / Epistle to Curio.

Epistle to Curio.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys."
Mark Akenside / The Virtuoso. Stanza x.

The Virtuoso. Stanza x.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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