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Not Rome, untouch'd with sorrow, heard her fate;
And fierce Maria pitied her too late.


LOVE OF FAME, THE UNIVERSAL PASSION.

In Seven Characteristical Satires.

----Fulgente trahit constrictos gloria curru.
Non minus ignotos generosis.
--HOR.


Preface.

These satires have been favourably received at home and abroad. I am not
conscious of the least malevolence to any particular person through all
the characters; though some persons may be so selfish, as to engross a
general application to themselves. A writer in polite letters should be
content with reputation; the private amusement he finds in his
compositions; the good influence they have on his severer studies; that
admission they give him to his superiors; and the possible good effect
they may have on the public; or else he should join to his politeness some
more lucrative qualification.


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