 ... compel us to any thing ; but we will not eat the bread of shame ; and therefore we charge thee not to think of us, but to avoid the snare which is laid for thy virtue. Beware 'of pitying us : it is not so bad as you perhaps have been told.  The Spectator - Page 2291726Full view - About this book
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