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True Genius, like Armida’s wand,
Can raise the spring from barren land.
While all the art of Imitation,
Is pilf’ring from the first creation.

— Robert Lloyd Shakespeare (1762)

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Turn parson, Colman, that’s the way to thrive;
Your parsons are the happiest men alive.

The Law-Student (1762)

Alone from Jargon born to rescue Law,
From precedent, grave hum, and formal saw!
To strip chicanery of its vain pretence,
And marry Common Law to Common Sense!

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