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Arden: On Dr Samuel Ogden
ON DR SAMUEL OGDEN
When Ogden his prosaic verse
In Latin numbers drest,
The Roman language proved too weak
To stand the critic's test.
To English Rhime he next essay'd
To shew he'd some pretence;
But ah! Rhime only would not do;
They still expected sense.
Enraged the Doctor swore he'd place
On critics no reliance;
So wrapt his thoughts in Arabic
And bid 'em all defiance.
R. P. ARDEN
THE QUESTION
Yes, yes, I grant the sons of earth
Are doom'd to trouble from their birth.
We all of sorrow have our share;
But say, is yours without compare?
JAMES BEATTIE
ON THE AUTHOR OF THE TREATISE
OF HUMAN NATURE
David Hume ate a swinging great dinner,
And grew every day fatter and fatter;
And yet the huge bulk of a sinner
Said there was neither spirit or matter.
J. H. BEATTIE
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