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PGCJ.772.050
31 Oct 1772:11,12,13 (460)
[signed] Aristides.
Celestial science raptur'd was descry
Refulgent beaming o'er the western sky;
Bright liberty extends her blisful reign,
With all the graces sparkling in her train;
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. . . [3 column article on slavery and freedom] The scene
is finely anticipated by the ingenious Mr. Dwight, in his
poem on the settlement of the British colonies:
I see where discord, thund'ring from afar,
Sounds her shrill trump, and wakes the flames of war;
Rous'd by her voice, vast hosts together driven,
Shake the wide earth, rend air, and darken heaven:
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