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ers, particularly the Learned and the Polite, who
may honor him with a perufal, that they will make
every allowance for Education and Circumstances
of Life: but, if after a fair, candid, and impartial
criticism, he shall ftand convicted of Dulnefs and
Nonsense, let him be done by, as he would in that
cafe do by others--let him be condemned,
without mercy, to contempt and oblivion.

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WAS in that place o' Scotland's ifle,

That bears the name o' auld king

COIL,

Upon a bonie day in June,

When wearing thro' the afternoon,

Twa Dogs, that were na thrang at hame,
Forgather'd ance upon a time.

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The first I'll name, they ca'd him Cæfar, Was keepet for His Honor's pleasure;

His hair, his fize, his mouth, his lugs,
Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs,
But whalpet fome place far abroad,
Where failors gang to fish for Cod.

His locked, letter'd, braw brafs-collar
Shew'd him the gentleman an' fcholar;
But tho' he was o' high degree,
The fient a pride na pride had he,
But wad hae fpent an hour careffan,
Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipfey's messan :
At Kirk or Market, Mill or Smiddie,
Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er fae duddie,
But he wad ftan't, as glad to fee him,
An' ftroan't on ftanes an' hillocks wi' him.

The tither was a ploughman's collie,

A rhyming, ranting, raving billie,

Wha for his friend an' comrade had him,

And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him,

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