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BEP(F.738.041
23 Oct 1738:11,12 (167)
From the Daily Gazetteer. It must certainly be a very
agreeable surprize to all good men, to see the large
advances the spirit of reformation makes among the people of
the land: If a man does not comport himself with the utmost
caution and circumspection, in every circumstance and
relation of life, as well of a private as a publick nature,
those that set themselves up for the censors of the age,
immediately take him in hand, and set a brand of infamy on
his name and character;. . . [12, para.2]
There is no judging of men by their professions but their
actions: . . . [4th line] Is that man that has lavish'd
away a Prince's revenue on fidlers, buffoons, gamesters, and
in a circle of vices and follies, without doing one good or
one generous action, is he to be regarded when he talks of
publick virtue, and a national frugality and oeconomy?
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