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All the talents' garland

or, A few rockets let off at a celebrated ministry. Including Elijah's mantle, the Uti Possidetis, and other poems of the same author. By eminent political characters. The third edition, greatly enlarged [by E. A. Barrett]
 

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NOSMET REBUS SERVAMUS SECUNDIS;

NOSMET REBUS SERVAMUS SECUNDIS;

OR, NEVER BRING AN OLD HOUSE OVER YOUR HEADS.

When P*tty's wise noddle provok'd him to quote
A scrap of the Latin, so late, learn'd by rote,
This liberal adage he gave to the nation,
As The Talents' grand maxim for public salvation,
Nosmet rebus servamus secundis” alone,
No succour we lend to a tottering throne;
To the prosperous villain, bow low, and are civil;
And our very best tapers still hold to the Devil.