As if _her_ merit lessen'd _yours_?
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MOORE: _The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat,_ Fable ix.

Behind a frowning providence
He hides a shining face.
656
COWPER: _Light Shining out of Darkness._


=Fair.=

Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
657
SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
Than Nature made her; beauty cost her nothing,
Her virtues were so rare.
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GEORGE CHAPMAN: _All Fools,_ Act i., Sc. 1.


=Fairies.=

This is the fairy land; O spite of spites,
We talk with goblins, owls, and elvish sprites.
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SHAKS.: _Com. of Errors,_ Act ii., Sc. 2.