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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Much to respect, I grant, the Rambler shows:
Much to the Dictionary Britain owes:
I stand his panegyrist to commend
The Christian, the Moralist, the Friend.
Nor yet can I refuse, disgust and shame,
Too oft, alas! are fasten'd to his name:
And pity, and regret, prevent, in me,
This strange, Johnsonian idolatry.
Much to the Dictionary Britain owes:
I stand his panegyrist to commend
The Christian, the Moralist, the Friend.
Nor yet can I refuse, disgust and shame,
Too oft, alas! are fasten'd to his name:
And pity, and regret, prevent, in me,
This strange, Johnsonian idolatry.
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