The Vanity of Human Wishes  10268

In Imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal

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  • based on the poem Satires (by )
  • first line (public domain):
    Let Observation, with extensive view,
    Survey mankind, from China to Peru;
    Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,
    And watch the busy scenes of crowded life;
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Locations in Harold's Library

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            [0] => "8642"**Whims and Fates of the Conquerors*x%%"On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, / How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide"
            [1] => "11598"***x%%"On what foundations stands the warrior's pride, / How high his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide;"%"He left the name at which the world grew pale, / To point a moral, or adorn a tale."
            [2] => "14328"*p657
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            [0] => Let Observation, with extensive view, / Survey mankind, from China to Peru; / Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, / And watch the busy scenes of crowded life;|p
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