A Dialogue Between Dean Swift And Tho. Prior, Esq.
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PRIOR. That too few have Acted thus, must be acknowledg'd; but somethere have been among them, who have done Honour to their Families, andraised their own Characters, by the applauded Parts they have Acted, for the Service of their Country. SWIFT. At the same Time, _Tom_, one wou'd wonder such Examples shou'dnot be more frequent; for how dreadful how contemptible a Figure, inthe sight of God and Man, must he make, who with the Advantages ofBirth, and Fortune, and Power, seems to labour to be re...membred, Livingand Dead, only for being given up to the basest and most brutal Vices, or at best for his senseless Splendour, by living like an _Epicure_, oracting the Gamester, or for his great Stables or well-cover'd Table, his well-fill'd Cellar, or to heighten his Character still higher, hisDebts and his Drabs. Such Men ruin and corrupt the World, by theirExamples; they sneer at Virtue and Sobriety, they make a Jest of lovingor serving this poor Island, and Ridicule the very Name of a Patriot;and while they withhold their Contribution, to every good Design, theymake Sport of lavishing their Fortunes in Folly, and ruining theirConstitution by Vice, and they even Laugh at Religion, and shew anequal Contempt for their God and their Country.
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