Vulgar words in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 10, No. 267, August 4, 1827 (Page 1)
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A new work is something in our power; we mount the bench, and sit in judgment on it; we can damn or recommend it to others at pleasure, can decry or extol it to the skies, and can give an answer to those who have not yet read it, and expect an account of it; and thus show our shrewdness and the independence of our taste before the world have had time to form an opinion.