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Addison, Joseph. Cato. 14 April 1713, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1, l. 258.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 31.

The end must justify the means.

Matthew Prior

Hans Carvel

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Prior, Matthew. Hans Carvel. c. 1700.

None so blind as those that will not see.

Matthew Henry

Commentaries (Henry)

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Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry's Commentary. c. 1706, Jeremiah 20.

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Henry, Matthew. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible. Thomas Nelson, 2003, Jeremiah 20.

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Newton, Isaac. A New and Most Accurate Theory of the Moon's Motion. London: A. Baldwin, 1702.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. London: Samuel Smith and Benjamin Walford, 1704, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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Newton, Isaac. Opticks. Dover Publications, 2012, bk. 3, pt. 1, question 28.

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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." 1700?

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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." Essay on Man & Other Poems. Dover, 1994.

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Defoe, Daniel. A Hymn to the Pillory. London: 1703, I. 29.

We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.

John Pomfret

Reason

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Pomfret, John. Reason. London: J. Nutt, c. 1700.

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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." 1700?

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Pope, Alexander. "Ode on Solitude." Essay on Man & Other Poems. Dover, 1994.

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Defoe, Daniel. The History of the Kentish Petition. London, 1701.

Music alone with sudden charms can bind
The wand'ring sense, and calm the troubled mind.

William Congreve

Hymn to Harmony

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Congreve, William. A Hymn to Harmony: Written in Honour of St. Cecilia's day, M DCC I. London: Jacob Tonson, 1703.

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Defoe, Daniel. The True-Born Englishman: A Satyr. 1701, pt. 1, I. 1.

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Fletcher, Andrew. Letter to the Marquis of Montrose. 1 Dec. 1703.

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Fletcher, Andrew. "An Account of Conversation concerning a Right Regulation of Government for the Good of Mankind. In a Letter to the Marquis of Montrose." Andrew Fletcher: Political Works, edited by John Robertson. Cambridge University Press, 1997.

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Watts, Isaac. "Crucifixion to the World, by the Cross of Christ." Hymns and Spiritual Songs. 1707, I. 1.

From the first dawn of life unto the grave,
Poor womankind's in every state a slave.

Sarah Egerton

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Egerton, Sarah. "The Emulation." Poems on Several Occasions, Together with a Pastoral. London: J. Nutt, 1703.

For Art may err, but Nature cannot miss.

John Dryden

Fables Ancient and Modern

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Dryden, John, translator. "The Cock and the Fox: Or, The Nun's Priest's Tale, From Chaucer." written by Geoffrey Chaucer. Fables Ancient and Modern. London: Jacob Tonson, 1700.

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Dryden, John. "Fables Ancient and Modern." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 7, University of California Press, 2002.

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Swift, Jonathan. The Battle of the Books. London: John Nutt, 1704, preface.

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Swift, Jonathan. "The Preface of the Author." A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works. Dover Publications, 1996.

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Chudleigh, Mary. "To the Ladies." Poems on Several Occasions. London: Bernard Lintott, 1703, I. 1.

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Chudleigh, Mary. "To the Ladies." The Poems and Prose of Mary, Lady Chudleigh. Oxford University Press, 1993, I. 1.

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Pope, Alexander. "The Wife of Bath, Her Prologue. From Chaucer." c. 1704?

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Pope, Alexander. "The Wife from Bath from Chaucer." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.