On Conversation (1782) [ Concepts ]
… bumps his rich amends, And carry, in contusions of his skull, A satisfactory receipt in full. A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains: A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well … to what is true, Than rove and stagger with no mark in view; Yet to consult a little, seem'd no crime, The freakish humour of the present time: But now to gather up what seems dispersed, And touch the subject I design'd at first, May …
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