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THE GREAT UNBLED.
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AN ALLEGORICAL TALE . ' But now \> j this diligence , mark what a privilege I have gained with good men and saints , to claim my right of lamenting the tribulations of the church , if she should suffer ; when others that have ventured nothing for her sake , have not the honour to be admitted mourners /—( Milton . —* Church Government ?)
Of an old woman , and the way In which she came to die one day , Under , which much our grief enhances , Very peculiar circumstances ; Sing heavenly Muse , from first to last , And tell us everything that passed . ' Stay P says the reader , rather slower—This same old woman—do we know her ?
Because , if not , we fain would learn Whom this can possibly concern ; And what the use is , to decide How an old woman lived or died ?
Whether you know her I can ' t say , Perhaps you mayn ' t , perhaps you may ; But for the interest of the narrative To which these few words are preparative , I must request you will proceed ; How can you judge unless you read ?
You'll find that interest , Sir , is ample ; Moreover , look at the example—Yes , the example—for , you see , Other old women there may be , And they , for aught I know , may find
Their symptoms of the very kind , Which , in a way so advantageous , Are treated in the following pages ; So that , if rightly understood , My story cannot but do good . Let others write for cash , for fame ,
For me , such objects I disclaim ; So far from courting popularity , I write from motives of pure charity , Happy , should I contrive to save But one old woman from the grave
So much for preface—let it go ; Now to our story ; Well , and so—¦
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The Great Unbled.
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1835, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2645/page/1/
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