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% Terr-Fitius. x. as ptenfifulIy fraught with ran? venomous nea/bn, as they are with dul?efi and ?mpotence. To publifh them, would be to throw fi. Ith and ordure in the face of the government. What Tom ttro?n fiid to another Tom, who had ten times more wit and fen? than our MaudI'm Tom, comes into my head? whenever I think of ?l'att ! ?vrite ?ndari&$ and ? damn'dr Write ei?igrams for cutlers, &c. N:?y. even that Grul?fireet � province is above his re?ch; I know nothing that he is fit for, but Bil- li,,?;ate fermons, ?d inf?ptions for Mg-houfe wa?s. l,de?,as things ?ve ?n manag? of late years, it does not ?gnify a firthing who our pro?rs and leSurers arei Oavus will ? as we? as OEdipus to ? do nothing, but recdve a certain ram of mo. hey ev?y 7?r for his negli?nce and ?rjury: a m?efine-c?,re does not r?uire any ?t?ordi? a- Nii?i?. Nay? if it ? refo?v? by the O?-d con- vo?tzon, as ?t feems to ?, that the youth under their ca?e ?all be k?t very ignorant, in order to make them very d?'aut, I think they have made an admirable choice for that putpole. The of colleges, d'ye ?e, ?ing, moR of them, long- headed men, wgue Iogi?!iy upon this poSnt; thu5, A men that un?r?q?ds his bt?nefi, can (if he pI?fes) in?& others in it; and who knows but t?t out off p?v?f?e?, or rome whim or other, & may be tempted to do his duff e ergo,?.it is not ?fi to t?,? him. But a man, who knows nothing of the matter ?m?lL ?not (if he would) t?ch others, accor- drig to the old maxim, ex nihilo nih?t fit ? he can ?o no m?iff ; ergo, he ?all be our ma?.