To art and spite, to insolence and pride."—
"Sir, were I you, I'd strive to be polite,
Against my nature, for a single night."—
"So did you strive, and, madam! with success;
I knew no being we could censure less!"—
Is this too much? alas! my peaceful muse
Cannot with half their virulence abuse.
And hark! at other tables discord reigns,
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With feign'd contempt for losses and for gains;