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Excerpt from All the Talents: A Satirical Poem, in Three Dialogues Their own praises with a solemn unblushing face, are the finest subjects for ridicule upon earth and none excite so little pity when found deserving oi censure. Hiinisters mo destly inform us that they possess all the wit, vigour, weight, and talents of the country. Now, were the country so silly as to credit them, and of course to follow them blind fold over hedges and ditches, the couse quence might be rather mischievous. Even supposing therefore; I had no better reason for a faithful exposition of All the Talents, I should think this alone sufficient. H eaven/ knows how humble are my hopes of working areform among them. I shall be perfectly content with lopping off a few straggling excrescences; and perhaps I may succeed in preventing the growth of others Men. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.