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quences 7 of a | thousand | errors, | 7 continues | still to | blunder, | | 7 and whose | age 77 has | only | added | obstinacy | 7 to stu | pidity, | 7 is Į surely the object | 7 of | either ab | horrence | 7 or contempt; 7 | | 7 and deserves not | 7 that his | grey 7 | head 7 | 7 should se | cure him from | insults. | | | Much | more 7 | 7 is | he to be ab | horred | who, 7 as he has advanced in | age, 7 | 7 has receded from | virtue, | 7 and be | comes | more | wicked | 7 with less temp | tation: | | 7 who | prostitutes himself for money | 7 which he | cannot enjoy, 77 and spends the remains of his life 7 | 7 in the ruin of his country.|||

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7 But | youth 7 | 7 is not my only | crime. 7 | | | I have been ac | cused | 7 of | acting a the | atrical | part. 7 | ||

A theatrical | part, 7 | may 7 | either im | ply 7 | some peculiarities of | gesture, | 7 or a | dissimulation of my | real | sentiments, | 7 and an a | doption of the opinions and | language | 7 of an | other | man. 7 |

7 In the first 7 | sense, 7 | 7 the | charge is | too ! 7 | trifling | 7 to be con | futed; | | 7 and de | serves

only to be mentioned | | 7 that | it may be de | spised. 7| | | I am at | liberty | 7 (like | every | other | man) 7 | 7 to use my own 7 | language: | 7 and | tho' I | mày 7 | 7 per | haps, 7 | 7 have | some 7 | 7 am | bition, | yet to | please 7 | this 7 | gentleman, | I shall | not | lay myself | 7 under | any re |

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straint, 77 or | very | 7 so | licitously | copy | his 7 diction, 7 or | his 7 | mein; 7 7 how | ever | 7 matured by age, 7 | 7 or | modelled by ex | perience. | | | 7 If any man | shall, 7 | 7 by | charging me | 7 with the | atrical behaviour, | 7 im | ply 77 that I utter | any sentiments | but my own, 77 I shall treat 7 | him 7 | as a calumniator | 7 and a | villain: | | nor shall | any pro | tection | shelter him from the treatment | 7 which he de | serves. 7 | | | 7 I | shall, 7 | 7 on | such an oc | casion, 7 with out 7 | scruple | trample upon | all 7 those 7 forms 7 with which | wealth and | dignity 7 en trench themselves; | | nor shall | any age 7 | 7 re | strain my resentment: | | age, | 7 which | always | brings 7 | one 7 | privilege; that 7 | 7 of being | insolent | 7 and super | cilious | 7 wit | hout 7 | punishment. | | |

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But with regard to | those | whom I have of | fended, | I am of o | pinion | 7 that | if I had | acted a | borrowed part, 7 | I should have avoided their | censure. | | | 7 The | heat that of | fended them | 7 is the ardour of conviction, | 7 and that | zeal for the service of my | country, | 7 which | neither | | hope, 77 nor | fear, 77 shall | influence me | 7 to suppress. 77 I will not sit | uncon cerned 7 while my | liberty | 7 is in | vaded; | 7 | nor look in silence | 7 upon | public | robbery. ||| I | will exert my endeavours | 7 (at what | ever | hazard) | 7 to re | pel the ag | gressor, | 7 and | drag the thief to | justice, || what 7 | power | so 7 | evI

er | 7 may protect the | villany, | 7 and | who 7 | ever 7 may par | take 7 | 7 of the'| plunder. | ¦ ¦

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7 When | Music | | heavenly | maid! 7 | 7 was | young, 7||

7 Ere | yet 7 | 7 in | early | Greece, 7 | 7 she | sung,

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Throng'd around her | magic | cell; 7|||

7 Exulting | | trembling | | raging | | faint

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7 Pos | sess'd | 7 beyond the | Muse's | painting :

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7 By | turns 7 | 7 they | felt the | glowing | mind 7 | 7 Dis | turb'd 7 | 7 de | lighted | | rais'd 7. | | 7 re| fined; 7 | |

| 7 Till | once, 7 | 7 'tis | said, 7|7 when | all
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Fill'd with fury | | rapt 7|7 in | spired! 7

From the supporting | myrtles | round, 7 |

7 They snatch'd her | instruments of | sound; 7 |

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And (as they oft 7 | 7 had | heard a | part, 7| |

Sweet | lessons | 7 of her forceful art)7 |

Each, 717 (for | madness | rul'd the | hour) ?།

7 Would | prove his | own 7 | 7 ex | pressive | pow'r.

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First 7 Fear 7 | 7 his | hand, 7 | 7 its | skill to

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7 Amid the chords 7 | 7 be | wilder'd | laid, 7 | 7 And | back re | coil'd 7 | 7 he | knew not | why 7 | Even at the sound 7 | 7 himself 7 | 7 had made.

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Next 7 Anger | rush'd; 77 his | eyes on | fire, 7 |

7 In | lightnings | own'd his | secret | stings: 7 || 7 With | one 7 | rude 7 | clash, 7 | 7 he | struck the | lyre, 7 | |

7 And | swept, with | hurried | hand 7|7 the | strings. 7 | | |

7 With woeful measures | | wan Des | pair 7 Low 7 sullen sounds 77 his | grief be| guiled: 7 | |

7 A solemn strange 7 | 7 and | mingled | air: 7

7 Twas sad 7 | 7 by | fits 7 | 7 by | starts 7 | 7 twas | wild. 7 | | |

7 But | thou 7 | 07 | Hope! 7 | 7 with | eyes 7 | so 7 | fair, 7 |

| What was thy delighted | measure? | | Still it whisper'd | promis'd | pleasure, |

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7 And bade the | lovely | scenes 7 | 7 at | distance | | hail! 7|||

Still would her touch 7 | 7 the strain pro | long; 7

And from the rocks, 7 | 7 the | wood, 7 | 7 the | vale, 7

7 She call'd on | Echo | still 7 | 7 through | all her

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7 And where her sweetest | theme, 7|7 she | chose, 7 |

7 A soft responsive | voice, 7 | 7 was | heard | 7 at | every | close; 7| |

7 And Hope, 7 | 7 en | chanted, || smil'd 7 | 7 and | wav'd her | golden | hair. 7 | | |

7 And | longer | 7 had she | sung 7| | but, 7|7 with a | frown, 7 |

7 Re | venge, 7 | 7 im | patient | rose: 7| |

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7 He threw his | blood 7 | stain'd 7 | sword, 7 | 7 in | thunder | down; 7 |

And with a withering | look, 7 |

7 The war denouncing | trumpet | took, 7 | 7 And | blew a | blast 7 | so 7 | loud and | dread,

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7 Were | ne'er pro | phetic | sounds 7 | | so 7 | full of wo! 7 |

|7 And, | ever and a | non, 7 | 7 he | beat 7 | 7 The | doubling | drum, 7|7 with | furious | heat: 17 |

7 And | tho' 7 | some 7 | times, 7 | 7 each | dreary | pause be | tween, 7 |

7 Dejected | Pity, | 7 at his | side, 7| |

7 Her | soul-sub | duing | voice 7 | 7 ap | ply'd, 7 |

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