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So sure the fall of greatness raised on crimes! So fixed the justice of all-conscious Heaven! When haughty guilt exalts with impious joy, Mistake shall blast, or accident destroy; Weak man, with erring rage, may throw the dart, But Heaven shall guide it to the guilty heart.
So sure the fall of greatness raised on crimes! So fixed the justice of all-conscious Heaven! When haughty guilt exalts with impious joy, Mistake shall blast, or accident destroy; Weak man, with erring rage, may throw the dart, But Heaven shall guide it to the guilty heart.
Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1746 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 340 · printed citation: Dr. Johnson · subject: JUSTICE
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