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... with several others, not more Considerable. The second edition. By R. Dodsley
  

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Whence comes it, L---, that ev'ry fool,
In reason's spite, in spite of ridicule,
Fondly his own wild whims for truth maintains,
And all the blind deluded world disdains;
Himself the only person blest with sight,
And his opinion the great rule of right?