The works of Mr. Thomas Brown Serious and Comical, In Prose and Verse; In four volumes. The Fourth Edition, Corrected, and much Enlarged from his Originals never before publish'd. With a key to all his Writings |
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The London Vintners Answer to Mr. Brown.
If what thou asserts, dear Thomas, be true,
It is to get rid of such Chap-men as you,
That I and my Brethren have learned to brew.
It is to get rid of such Chap-men as you,
That I and my Brethren have learned to brew.
Whatever Ingredients we put in the Vat,
Whether Dogs-turd or Honey, no Matter for that;
For all our Design's but to poison a Rat.
Whether Dogs-turd or Honey, no Matter for that;
For all our Design's but to poison a Rat.
He that dies by bad Wine, and not by the Halter,
Departs without Chime of Hopkins's Psalter,
And that you well know is no matter of Laughter.
Departs without Chime of Hopkins's Psalter,
And that you well know is no matter of Laughter.
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