THE
Splendid Shilling.
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AN
IMITATION
OF
MILTON.
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By Mr. John Philips.
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The Third Correct Edition.
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———Sing, Heavenly Muse,
Things unattempted yet, in Prose or Rhime,
A Shilling, Breeches, and Chimeras dire.
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London: Printed by G. J. for Hen. Clements
at the Half-Moon in S. Paul's Church-Yard. 1719.