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Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Diaboliad: A Poem, Dedicated to the Worst Man in His Majesty's Dominions; Also, the Diabo-Lady, or a Match in Hell Cz'cero and many other… Altro …

Hardback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from The Diaboliad: A Poem, Dedicated to the Worst Man in His Majesty's Dominions; Also, the Diabo-Lady, or a Match in Hell Cz'cero and many others among the Antients owed their names to fome perfonal peculiarity or defect, and the misfortune of bandy legs gave a well-known title to one of our own Monarchs. I do not know, my Lord, that Nature has been guilty of any inattention to your form and if the had, it would not have concerned me, who look to the' mind as the belt fource of name and title Though, if I had time, and it were to the purpofe, we might find it matter of cui'ious fpeculation to enquire, why the poorefi and mofi' ignoble man on earth, if capricious Nature has placed a hunch upon his back, {hould be honoured with the fame title as your Lordlhip, and without the for malities of a Royal Patent. 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., Poetry By Individual Poets<