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Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
Defining night by darkness, death by dust.
At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
At whose sight, like the sun,
All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons do ofttime great grievance.
Comparisons are odious.
Comparisons are odious.
Our similarities are different.
Our similarities are different.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
It has all the contortions of the sibyl without the inspiration.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Who wer as lyke as one pease is to another.
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
art any one of read more
Such are thou and I: but what I am thou canst not be; what thou
art any one of the multitude may be.
[Lat., Hoc ego, tuque sumus: set quod sum, non potes esse:
Tu quod es, e populo quilibet esse potest.]
Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
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Some say, that Seignior Bononchini
Compar'd to Handel's a mere Ninny;
Others aver, to him, that Handel
Is scarcely fit to hold a candle.
Strange! that such high Disputes shou'd be
'Twixt Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
