The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits |
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An Epigram.
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An Epigram.
DEEP, deep, in Sandys blundering head,The new Gin project sunk;
“O, happy project,” sage, he cried,
“Let all the realm be drunk.
“'Gainst universal hate and scorn,
“This scheme my sole defence is,
“For when I've beggar'd half the realm,
“'Tis time to drown their senses.”
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