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PUBLIC CHARACTERS OF 1809-10; or,
FULL and ACCURATE MEMOIRS of various Persons
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This day was published,
I-ILN HEROIC EPISTLE, addressed to G. L.
WARDLE; Esq. M. P. on the CHARGES preferred by
him against HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS the DUKE of YORK,
and the FOU'NDATION of these CHARGES.
By -MENTOR BRITANNICUS.
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The lib'ral Arts and Sciences have found
Benignant shelter on this favoured ground;
Where commerce flourishes and freedom stands
A beacon to the hopes of struggling lands.
Vide the Poem.

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