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Part i

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A man so various, that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome; Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon.[268-4]

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So over violent, or over civil, That every man with him was God or Devil.

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His tribe were God Almighty's gentlemen.[268-5]

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Him of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.

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Beware the fury of a patient man.[269-1]

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Made still a blund'ring kind of melody; Spurr'd boldly on, and dashed through thick and thin,[269-2] Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in.

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For every inch that is not fool is rogue.

_Absalom and Achitophel.