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PP-P.782.012
19 Jan 1782:23 (11/835)
Mr. MacPherson is now lecturing on astronomy and every other
branch of natural philosophy, at the Lodge Room in Lodge-
Alley, every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 12 noon and
8 at night.
. . . [7 lines on cost and sellers of tickets]
Should a stranger ask, who are you that thus presume to
instruct mankind in the sublime sciences of human knowledge.
I answer--
I am high church, nor low church, no tory: a whig.
No fluttering young coxcomb nor formal old prig;
I can laugh at a jest, if not told out of time,
And excuse a mistake; but not flatter a crime:
When merit appears tho' in rags I'll respect it,
And will plead virtue's cause, tho' the world should
reject it.
No party I serve, in no quarrel I join;
Nor damn the opinion that differs from mine:
No corruption I screen, no treason I sing;
I'm a friend to this country, but wish for no King.
[signed] Plagiary
N.B. Should any number of ladies or gentlemen, who have
hitherto attended, wish to go through the whole course of
lectures, I will again repeat those they have had no
opportunity of hearing, to any number, not less than three,
in private.
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