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An Epistle in Verse, occasioned by the death of James Boswell, Esquire

of Auchinleck -- Addressed to the Rev. Dr. T. D. By the Rev. Samuel Martin

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Why not? Act from conviction. Very true.
But solid thinking is persuaded too,
That there is some excess, in this new zeal,
Both for the church, and for the common weal.
Certes, as learn'd, as good, as sound, as he,
Have stood for the good kirk, and whiggery.