On Conversation (1782) [ Concepts ]
… exceeding clear; Howe'er ingenious on his darling theme A sceptic in philosophy may seem, Reduced to practice, his beloved rule Would only prove him a consummate fool; Useless in him alike both brain and speech, Fate having placed all … she rose, And, with a quiet which no fumes disturb, Sips meek infusions of a milder herb. The emphatic speaker dearly loves to oppose, In contact inconvenient, nose to nose, As if the gnomon on his neighbour's phiz, Touch'd with the … Some handsome present, as your hopes presage; 'Tis heavy, bulky, and bids fair to prove An absent friend's fidelity and love, But when unpack'd your disappointment groans To find it stuff'd with brickbats, earth, and stones. Some men employ …
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