On the DEATH of

Dr. S WIF T..

Occafioned by reading the following Maxim in

ROCHFOUCAULT.

Dans l'adverfite de nos mellieurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chofes, qui ne nous deplaift pas.

Written by HIMSELF; Nov. 1731.

DUBLIN, Printed: LONDON: Re-printed, and fold by the Book fellers of LONDON and WESTMIN

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On the DEATH of

Dr. S WI FT.

Occafioned by reading the following Maxim in ROCHFOUCAULT.

Dans l'adverfite de nos mellieurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chofes, qui ne nous deplaift pas.

S Rochfoucault his Maxims drew
From Nature, I believe them true:
They argue no corrupted Mind
In him, the Fault is in Mankind.

This Maxim, more than all the reft,
Is thought too base for human Breast:

"In all Diftreffes of our Friends

"We first confult our private Ends:
"While Nature, kindly bent to ease us,

"Points out fome Circumftance to please us."
If this perhaps your Patience move;
Let Reason and Experience prove.

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