Date: 1787
"Fat flattens the most brilliant thoughts, / Like the buff-stop on harpsichords, or spinets-- / Muffling their pretty little tuneful throats, / That would have chirp'd away like linnets."
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Date: 1788
"The parson frank'd their souls to kingdom-come!"
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Date: 1788
"With horns, and tail, and hoofs that make folks start; / And in my breast a millstone for a heart!"
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