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Her sport to take what they mistook, And what poor duty could not do, Noble respect took it in might, not merit; And where she saw them shiver and look pale, Make periods in the midst of sentences, Throttle their practis'd accents in their fears, And in conclusion dumbly breaking off, Out of their silence did she pick a welcome, And in the modesty of fearful duty She read as much, as from the rattling tongue Of saucy and audacious eloquence.