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View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan,
And then deny him merit if you can.
Where he falls short, 'tis Nature's fault alone
Where he succeeds, the merit's all his own.

— Charles Churchill The Rosciad (1761)

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Be England what she will,
With all her faults she is my country still.

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Men the most infamous are fond of fame,
And those who fear not guilt yet start at shame.

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He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.

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Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.

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Not without art, but yet to Nature true.

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