Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his …

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Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1823). The select works of Jonathan Swift ...: containing the whole of his poetical works ... embellished with engravings, p.55
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Where Young must torture his invention To flatter knaves, or lose his pension. ✨ Jonathan Swift (1823). The select works of Jonathan Swift ...: containing the whole of his poetical works ... embellished with engravings, p.55

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