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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A Declamation in Defence of Gaming against Drunkenness.
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A Declamation in Defence of Gaming against Drunkenness.
[O charming Cask of sprightly Wine]
O charming Cask of sprightly Wine,Whose Life bears equal Date with mine;
Born both upon the Latian Shore,
When Manlius Rome's great Taxes bore;
Whether from thee Complaints arise,
Or Wit around the Table flies,
Or jarring Quarrels intervene,
Or sickly Love, or biting Spleen,
Or from thy friendly Vapours creep
Upon my Temples easie Sleep, &c.
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