McFingal. Canto i. Line 93.
As though there were a tie
And obligation to posterity.
We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse:
What has posterity done for us
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Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?
McFingal. Canto ii. Line 121.
No man e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law.