"And as the Author very well says, whose Name I've forgot, Man is in this World like a Bird upon a Bough, the Bough is fix'd to the Tree, he who is fix'd to the Tree follows good Precepts, good Precepts are better than fine Words, fine Words are found at Court, at Court are Courtiers, Courtiers follow the Mode, the Mode comes from Fancy, Fancy is a Faculty of the Mind, the Mind is what gives Life, Life ends in Death--and--think what you will come to"
Don John; Or the Feast of the Statue [from The Works of Moliere]
3 entries in ESTC (1739, 1748, 1755).<br>
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