"But equal passions let his bosom rule, / A judgment candid, and a temper cool, / Enlarg'd with knowledge, and in conscience clear, / Above life's empty hopes, and death's vain fear."
Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle
At least 10 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1735, 1748, 1751, 1755 1758, 1765, 1766, 1775, 1782).<br>
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See <u>Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle.</u> (London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1735). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T42091">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB132816259&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from Robert Dodsley's <u>A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands</u> (London: Printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763. &lt;<a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/004887768.0001.001">Link to ECCO-TCP</a>&gt;