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MG-A(G.754.033
28 Nov 1754:11,12,13 (499)
Philadelphia, November 14. Last Tuesday, the students in
Philosophy, which compose the higher class in our Academy,
deliver'd a series of public exercises before the Trustees.
. . . [List of speeches and orations]
7th. A Hymn to Philosophy.
. . .
PROLOGUE TO PHILOSOPHICAL EXERCISES,
at Philadelphia, Nov. 12, 1754, spoken by Mr. Jacob Duche.
She comes! She comes! ye nine, strike every string.
Till yonder Arch with gratulation ring!
From Distant realms, philosophy serene,
The heaven-taught nurse of ev'ry muse's strain,
. . . [50 lines]
EPILOGUE
To the Same, Spoken by Master Billy Hamilton.
Ladies! there's something happen'd now so queer,
You'll scarce believe it -- what! already sneer?
If that's the case before the joke comes out,
When it appears, you'll split your sides, I doubt.
. . . [28 lines]
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