Vulgar words in A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) (Page 1)
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Had this writing been published in a pagan or _popish_ nation, who are _justly_ impatient of all indignity offered to the established religion of their country, no doubt but the author would have received the punishment he deserved.--But the fate of this impious buffoon is very different; for in a protestant kingdom, zealous of their civil and religious immunities, he has not only escaped affronts and the effects of publick resentment, but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure of all denominations."