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BPB.744.016
3 Dec 1744:21 (521)
London, August 18. 1744.
ON MR. POPE, AND THE TAR-WATER.
Pope with a stock of genius bless'd,
That few beside could boast,
Was still the butt of spite and jest
To all the critick host.
. . . [40 lines]
By song thou didst, tho' now so mute,
Immortal fame secure;
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It is thought the good bishop's new scheme of embalming
alive, by the plentiful use of tar-water, will be put in
practice by several persons of his distinction, who are in
great danger of stinking after they are dead. [signed]
L.E.---
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