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Reading ends in melancholy,
Wine breeds vices and diseases,
Wealth is but care, and love but folly,
Only friendship truly pleases.
My wealth, my books, my flask, my Molly,
Farewell all if friendship ceases.
Matthew Prior
Cupid Turned Stroller. - From Anacreon
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The Thief And Cordelier. A Ballad
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To the Right Honourable The Countess Dowager Of Devonshire, On A Piece Of Wiessen's
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Chaste Florimel
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