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MG-A(G.752.057
2 Nov 1752:11,12 (391)
Of Great Men. From the Humourist. . . [82 lines of an
humorous article defending "great men" on several charges--
breach of promise and refusing to pay debts--by showing that
others in society are guilty of the same kinds of behavior,
including a description of a "very fine gentleman" who makes
it a point to look busy when it is time to pay his servant
as it is fashionable to have people clamoring about you to
be paid] at other times nobody is more fashionably idle than
himself, and you may find him humming a tune out of his
window, or jaunting from one coffee-house to another, in
search of engagements. . . [42 lines]
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