Tales of Fashionable Life, Volume 5

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J. Johnson, 1812
 

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Page 29 - Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs; Since life's best joys consist in peace and ease, And though but few can serve, yet all may please; O let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. To spread large bounties, though we wish in vain. Yet all may shun the guilt of giving pain...
Page 29 - Oh ! let th' ungentle spirit learn from hence, A small unkindness is a great offence. Large bounties to bestow, we wish in vain ; But all may shun the guilt of giving pain.

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