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Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.
Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
The Campaign. Line 219.
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