On Conversation (1782) [ Concepts ]
… so admire, Important triflers! have more smoke than fire. Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours; Thou art indeed the … retire? Oh, to the club, the scene of savage joys, The school of coarse good fellowship and noise; There, in the sweet society of those Whose friendship from his boyish years he chose, Let him improve his talent if he can, Till none but …
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