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take up in other Countries, whence, inſtead of ſo many uſeful Things within the reach of their Obſervation and Practice, they bring nothing home, beſides a boyiſh Tone and ridiculous Airs acquired among diſſolute Women, but the Admiration of, I don't know what, pretended Grandeur, a poor Indemnification for Slavery, and not to be compared with the genuine and innate Greatneſs of auguſt Liberty. Be therefore always, what you now are, the chaſte Guardians of our Manners, and the ſweet Bonds of our Peace; and continue to exert on every Occaſion the Privileges of Nature

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