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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes
  

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Dear Sir, I've just had time to look
Into your very learned Book ,
Wherein—as plain as man can speak,
Whose English is half modern Greek—
You prove that we can ne'er intrench
Our happy isles against the French,
Till Royalty in England's made
A much more independent trade;—
In short, until the House of Guelph
Lays Lords and Commons on the shelf,
And boldly sets up for itself.
 

For an account of this extraordinary work of Mr. Leckie, see the Edinburgh Review, vol. xx.