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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 7/Epigram – 2

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume 7
 (c. 1721)
by Jonathan Swift, edited by Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, John Boyle, Patrick Delany, John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift, William Bowyer, John Birch, and George Faulkner
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EPIGRAM.


GREAT folks are of a finer mould;
Lord! how politely they can scold!
While a coarse English tongue will itch,
For whore and rogue; and dog and bitch.

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