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Affection he has diſcovered, for his preſent Majeſty and the righteous Adminiſtration of his Government. And if the Story be true (which I think much to be queſtioned) that Dr. Johnſon once refuſed to walk in the Royal Gardens becauſe in Poſſeſſion of an Uſurper, does not appear to have been in the preſent Reign; and the elegant Poem of London, the Production of this learned Man, gives us a true Picture of his Mind, at leaſt in the laſt.
Here let thoſe reign whom Penſions can invite
To vote a Patriot Black, a Courtier White;
Explain their Country’s dear-bought Rights away,
And plead for Pirates in the Face of Day;
With ſlaviſh Tenets taint our poiſoned Youth,
And lend a Lie the Confidence of Truth.
Thus driven out of every ſtrong Hold of Argument and Defence, my Friend, Sir, had recourſe to thoſe Definitions of Penſion and
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