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MG-A(G.768.007
18 Feb 1768:32 (1171)
[In long report concerning abuses of rights of the clergy,
and conflicts with vestries.]
. . . But see how prettily he rings Changes:
First he is minister of A; then he is not minister of A.
Secondly, he is minister of B; then he is not minister of B.
. . [7 lines] The poet, describing a beautiful child, says;
So fair thou art, that if great Cupid be
A child, as poets say, sure thou art he;
Fair Venus would mistake thee for her own,
Did not thy eyes proclaim thee not her son;
There, all the lightnings of thy mother shine,
And, with a fatal brightness, kill in thine.
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