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tious diſtreſs; and if they have any judicious perſon to direct their judgment, it may be improved while their hearts are melted. Yet I would not have them confine their compaſſion to the diſtreſſes occaſioned by love; and perhaps their feelings might more profitably be rouſed, if they were to ſee ſometimes the complicated miſery of ſickneſs and poverty, and weep for the beggar inſtead of the king.
Comedy is not now ſo cenſurable as it was ſome years ago; and a chaſte ear is not often ſhocked with indecencies. When follies are pointed out, and vanity ridiculed, it may be
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