To the Right Honourable Mr. HARLEY. HORACE, 1 Ep. ix. imitated. "Septimius, Claudi, nimirum intelligit unus, "Quanti me facias, &c." D EAR Dick, howe'er it comes into his head, Believes as firmly as he does his creed, That you and I, Sir, are extremely great; Though I plain Mat, you Minifter of State: One word from me, without all doubt, he fays, Would fix his fortune in fome little place. Thus better than myself, it seems, he knows, How far my intereft with my patron goes ; And, anfwering all objections I can make, Still plunges deeper in his dear mistake. VOL. II. * Richard Shelton Efquire. B From From this wild fancy, Sir, there may proceed To fhun this cenfure, I all fame lay by; To Mr. HARLEY, wounded by GUISCARD, 171. "Ab ipfo "Ducit opes animumque ferro,” Нов. I, N one great now, fuperior to an age, IN The full extremes of Nature's force we find : How heavenly Virtue can exalt; or Rage Infernal how degrade the human mind. II. While |