TO THE REV. WILLIAM WAY, WITH A COPY OF THE

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A FRIEND IN TOWN.

It is in our power

(Unless we fear that apes can tutor us) to Be masters of our manners. What need I Affect another's gait, or be fond of

Another's way of speech, when by mine own

I may be reasonably conceived?

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By any generous bond to follow him [who]
Follows his tailor, haply so long, until
The follow'd make pursuit? Or let me know,
Why mine own barber is unbless'd (with him
My poor chin too,) for it 's not scissor'd just
To such a favourite's glass?

Shakspeare and Fletcher's Two Noble Kinsmen.

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