Citation - Virginia Gazette-Williamsburg (Hu): 1769.01.12

VGW(HU.769.002
12 Jan 1769:32 (921)
On the folly of affecting an acquaintance with the great. .
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Would I curse the man I hate, 
Attendance and dependence be his fate.
  I shall conclude with the following lines, which I leave
my readers to apply:
Man only from himself can suffer wrong, 
His reason fails as his desires grow strong;
Hence wanting ballast, and too full of sail, 
He lies expos'd to every rising gale.
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