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A servile race
Who, in mere want of fault, all merit place;
Who blind obedience pay to ancient schools,
Bigots to Greece, and slaves to musty rules.

— Charles Churchill The Rosciad (1761)

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

The Farewell (1764)

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

The Author (1763)

He mouths a sentence as curs mouth a bone.

The Rosciad (1761)

Wherever waves can roll, and winds can blow.

The Farewell (1764)

Not without art, but yet to Nature true.

The Rosciad (1761)

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