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BNL.760.008
17 Jan 1760:12 (2055)
From another hand; . . . The following lines, tho' not an
exact translation of the French piece published in your last
paper, may yet convey the spirit of it; and are at your
service.
Lewis, whose heart is cas'd with stone,
To all the calls of nature deaf,
Can hear his wretched subjects groan,
And yet unmov'd deny relief.
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The place, where I am, not affording a good Echo, I have not
undertaken a translation of the Dialogue between Lewis XV
and Echo: and it seems his most Christian Majesty was not
more happily situated; for his Echo is a very imperfect
one.
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