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and goodneſs of your Lordship's mind; whose noble exertions are seconded by a Lady, possess'd of all thoſe eminent, and amiable qualities of the head and heart, that can adorn her own sex, and command the respectful homage of ours.

'Tis yours to chace sorrow from the face of the distress'd; Poverty lifts up the eye of gratitude, for that asylum, of which you are the actuating spirit, founded for the relief of its misery. From the generous patronage of such, what may not the too long neglected Arts and Sciences expect? to which our climate is as favourable as that of Rome, or Athens. Britain has produc'd geniuses of every kind; the shou'd too boast her encouragers; and

grateful

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