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‘Now Art has lost its mental Charms France shall subdue the World in Arms.’ So spoke an Angel at my birth; Then said ‘ Descend thou upon earth; Renew the Arts on Britain’s shore, And France shall fall down &…

Since all the Riches of this World May be gifts from the Devil & Earthly Kings, I should suspect that I worship’d the Devil If I thank’d my God for worldly things.

Some people admire the work of a Fool, For it ‘s sure to keep your judgment cool ; It does not reproach you with want of wit ; It is not like a lawyer serving a writ.

Call that the Public Voice which is their Error? Like as a Monkey, peeping in a Mirror, Admires all his colours brown & warm. And never once perceives his ugly form.

If men will act like a maid smiling over a churn, They ought not, when it comes to another’s turn, To grow sour at what a friend may utter, Knowing and feeling that we all have need of Butter. False…

Having given great offence by writing in Prose, I’ll write in Verse as soft as Bartolloze. Some blush at what others can see no crime in; But nobody sees any harm in Rhyming. Dryden, in rhyme, cries 4 Milton only…

That God is Colouring Newton does shew, And the devil is a black outline, all of us know. Perhaps this little P’able may make us merry: A dog went over the water without a wherry; A bone which he had…

O dear Mother Outline ! of wisdom most sage, What’s the First Part of Painting; she said ‘Patronage.’ And what is the Second, to Please and Engage, She frowned h’ke a Fury, and said ‘ Patronage.’ And what is the Third…

I asked my Dear Friend Orator Prig: ‘What’s the first part of Oratory?’ He said: ‘A great wig.’ ‘And what is the second?’ Then, dancing a jig d bowing profoundly, he said : ‘ A great wig.’ ‘ And what is…

‘Twas the Greeks’ love of war i? Turn’d Love into a Boy, And Woman into a Statue of Stone — And away fled every Joy.