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PC.767.144
17-24 Aug 1767:1212 (1/31)
[At end of article criticizing unmerited pride in family
distinctions:]
Worth make the man, and want of it the fellow;
The rest is all by leather, or prunella.
Stuck o'er with titles, and hung round with strings,
That thou mays't be by Kings, or whores of Kings.
Boast the pure blood of an illustrious race
In quiet flow from Lucrece to Lucrece:
But by your father's worth if your's you rate,
Count me those only, who were good and great.
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