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Hypocrisy, detest her as we may, (And no man’s hatred ever wronged her yet) May claim this merit still, that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause.
Hypocrisy, detest her as we may, (And no man’s hatred ever wronged her yet) May claim this merit still, that she admits The worth of what she mimics with such care, And thus gives virtue indirect applause.
Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- William Cowper
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- Approximate author period: c. 1765 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 313 · printed citation: Cowper · subject: HYPOCRISY
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