"Why against priests the gen'ral heat so strong, But that they shew us all we do is wrong? Wit well apply‘d does weightier wisdom right, And gives us knowledge, while it gives delight, Thus on the stage, we with applause behold, What would have pain'd us from the pulpit told."
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James Forrester, The Polite Philosopher: Or, An Essay on that Art which Makes a Man happy in Himself and agreeable to Others (1734), p. 17
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