The lines entitled 75 Expostulation and Reply, and those which 76 follow, arose out of conversation with a friend 77 who was somewhat unreasonably attached to 78 modern books of moral philosophy. This edition does not encode signatures, page numbers, or catchwords. Old spelling is retained except for ligatured letters, which are normalized. Contractions and abbreviations are placed within vertical bars. Italics and lineation are retained, but not small capitals and the text of catchwords, signatures, and running titles.
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