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PG-P.742.018
6 May 1742:23,31 (699)
Paris, March 13. T'other day an Abbe was put into the
Bastile, for presuming to jest upon the Emperor, and saying
that the Palace of St. Germain's was fitting up for him.
Several little epigrams and songs have been made, on the
tenth being laid upon labour and industry.
Among other songs are the following.
SUR LE DIXIEME DE L'INDUSTRIE:
On met dedans ce lieu maudit,
Des Impots jusques sur l'esprit.
Bientot! Amour & la tendress
Payeront la capitation;
. . . [2 more lines]
Imitated extempore.
ON THE TENTH BEING LAID UPON INDUSTRY.
Who can to this curs'd law submit,
Which taxes genius, learning, wit!
Soon love will the sad sentence share:
And all must pay who court the fair.
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