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Note 1———Page 37.

Lee Boo, the son of Abba Thule, Prince of the Pelew Islands came over to England with Captain Wilson, died of the small-pox, and is buried in Greenwich Church-yard. See Keate's Account.

Note 2.———Page 37.

And suffering Nature weeps that one should die.

Southey's Retrospect.

Page 46.

Yet never, Burke! thou drank'st Corruption's bowl!

When I composed this line, I had not read the following paragraph in the Cambridge Intelligencer (of Saturday, November 21, 1795.)

"When Mr. Burke first crossed over the House of Commons from the Opposition to the Ministry, he

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