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All knew, and all confess'd his worth;
All justified, with smiles array'd,
The happy choice their dam had made.
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Footnotes:
[132] 'The Duellist:' the _North Briton_ had fiercely assailed Mr
Martin, M.P. for Camelford, who, on the first day of the next session
of Parliament, complained of it; Mr Wilkes owned himself the author,
and the result was a duel in Hyde Park, in which Wilkes was severely
wounded. He always owned that Martin acted honourably in the rencontre,
but not so thought Churchill.
[133] 'Hanging friends:' See note on v. 140 of the Epistle to William
Hogarth.
[134] 'Earl Talbot:' Lord Steward of the King's Household from 1761 to
1782, an economical Reformer.
[135] 'Temple:' the British Constitution.
[136] 'Flitcrofts:' Henry Flitcroft, an architect of some eminence.
[137] 'Brief:' alluding to the practice of obtaining contributions for
the repair of churches, &c., by reading briefs in church.
[138] 'Resign'd:' the Dukes of Newcastle and Devonshire, Lord Temple,
&c.


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