Date: w. January 24, 1789
"Reason drops headlong from his sacred throne."
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Date: w. January 24, 1789
"Your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone; / Each thought intoxicated homage yields, / And riots wanton in forbidden fields."
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Date: 1789, 1800
"On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labors, / That, like th'old Hebrew walking-switch, eats up its neighbours."
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Date: 1789, 1800
"Human Nature's his show-box--your friend, would you know him? / Pull the string, Ruling Passion--the picture will show him."
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