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their martyr, and ready to sacrifice his dearest 

 enjoyments upon the altar of public liberty and 

 freedom ; as if his veins knew no other blood, 

 but such as he would be proud to spend in their 

 service ; having now served himself of them, he 

 forgets the bosom that warmed him ; they hear 

 from him now in a palinode ; he curls up his 

 smooth compliments into short laconics, and 

 exchanges his courtship for command. 



COLASTERION. 



First, we may be assured, that there is no 

 greater index of ambition, than an affectation 

 of popularity : which appears in meek addresses 

 to the people, wooing and familiar condescen- 

 sions, bemoaning their sufferings, commending 

 a more vigorous sense of them. That of the 

 Comic is no bad rule :* 



'Tis not for nought, when those above 

 Tender their service, and their love. 

 These are but profitable arts. 

 Their tongues are strangers to their hearts. 



Or that which Livy notes of a grandee : pride 



* Non temerarium est ubi dives bland^ appellat pauperem^, 

 Altera manii fert lapidem, panem ostentat altera : 

 Nemini credo, qui longe blandu'st dives pauperi. 



