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master, unsuspicious of his pranks,

all the cost, and gives the villain thanks. should a friend attempt to set him right, lordship would impute it all to spite; ld love his favourite better than before, trust his honesty just so much more. s families, like realms, with equal fate, sunk by premier ministers of state. ome, when an heir succeeds, go boldly on, , as they robb'd the father, rob the son. † nave, who deep embroils his lord's affairs, soon grow necessary to his heirs. policy consists in setting traps,

inding ways and means, and stopping gaps; knows a thousand tricks whene'er he please, ough not to cure, yet palliate each disease.

st quantity of mahogany declared rotten, and then applied somebody to wainscots, stairs, door-cases, &c.-Dublin

He hath practised this trade for many years, and still conti 5 it with success; and after he hath ruined one lord, is early solicited to take another.-Ibid.

Alluding to Sir Robert Walpole's unexpectedly obtaining. same lead in the councils of George II. which he enjoyed in se of his father's.

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snot into the mass, 'tis all his own.

TO A LADY,

o desired the "AUTHOR TO WRITE SOME VERSES

UPON HER IN THE HEROIC STYLE.

AFTER Venting all my spite,

my

Tell me, what have I to write?
Every error I could find

Through the mazes of your mind,
Have my busy Muse employ'd,
Till the company was cloy'd.
Are you positive and fretful,
Heedless, ignorant, forgetful?

for such a high charge, Queen Caroline prevailed on his esty, contrary to the expectation of every one, to retain in service the proved experience of Walpole.

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With each fault, each fault's
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Which my very foes allow me
Am I spiteful, proud, unjust?
Did I ever break my trust?
Which of all our modern dam
Censures less, or less defames
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regard for men of wit? When have I esteem express' For a coxcomb gaily dress'd? Do I, like the female tribe, Think it wit to fleer and gibe Who with less designing ends Kindlier entertains her friends

count nor pariramem can scape you;

Treat the public and your friends
Both alike, while neither mends.
Sing my praise in strain sublime :
Treat me not with doggrel rhyme.
'Tis but just, you should produce,
With each fault, each fault's excuse;
Not to publish every trifle,
And my few perfections stifle.
With some gifts at least endow me,
Which my very foes allow me.
Am I spiteful, proud, unjust?
Did I ever break my trust?
Which of all our modern dames
Censures less, or less defames?
In good manners am I faulty?
Can you call me rude or haughty?
Did I e'er my mite withhold
From the impotent and old?
When did ever I omit
Due regard for men of wit,?
When have I esteem express'd
For a coxcomb gaily dress'd?
Do I, like the female tribe,
Think it wit to fleer and gibe?
Who with less designing ends
Kindlier entertains her friends;

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