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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 17/To a Lady, with the Temple of Fame

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 (c. 1710–1730)
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— To a Lady, with the Temple of Famec. 1710-1730Jonathan Swift
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TO A LADY,

with the temple of fame.

WHAT'S fame with men, by custom of the nation,
Is call'd, in women, only reputation:
About them both why keep we such a pother?
Part you with one, and I'll renounce the other.


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