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The Slave, and Other Poetical Pieces

Being an Appendix to Poems by The Rev. Richard Mant
Mant, Richard (1776-1848)
 
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THE SLAVE.

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“His opinion concerning the duty of a poet is contained
“in his declaration, that he would blot from his works
“any line that did not contain some motive to virtue.”
Johnson's Life of Waller.

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