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Excerpt from Odes to Kien Long, the Present Emperor of China: With the Quakers, a Tale; To a Fly Drowned in a Bowl of Punch; Ode to Macmanus, Townsend, and Jealous, the Thief-Takers; To Cælia; To a Pretty Milliner; To the Fleas of Teneriffe; To Sir William Hamilton; To My Candle, &C. &C. 7c
Now to the point. - As lord macartney, with his molt fplendid retinue, is about to Open a trade with thee, in the various, articles oftin, blankets, woollen in general, Sec. S5c. In favour of the two Kingdoms why might not a literary commerce take place between the great kien long, and the no lefs celebrated peter pin dar.p Thou art a man of rhymes - and fo am I. Thou art a genius of uncommon verfatility-w fo am I. Thou art an enthufiafi to the Mules fo am I. Thou art a lover of novelty - Lib am I. Thou art an idolater of Royalty - Io ami. With fuch Congeniality of mind, in my God's name, and flame, let us furprize the world with an interchange of our lucubrations, both for its improvement and delight. And to thew thee that I am not a literary fwindler, unable to repay thee for goods I may receive from thy Imperial Majef'ty, I now tranfmit fpecimens of my talents, in O'rde, Ballad, Elegy, Fable, and Epigram.
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