"But now no longer mine, / The Reins of Empire I resign: / Let Men submit to Reason's rules, / And be at least designing fools."
A Tale 
2 entries in ESTC (1729, 1737).<br>
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Text from <u>Poems on Several Occasions: In which are included, The Toilette and The Fall. By Joseph Thurston</u>, 2nd ed. (London: Printed for B. Motte, and C. Bathurst, 1737).<br>
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See also <u>Poems on Several Occasions. By Mr. Joseph Thurson.</u> (London: Printed by W.P. for Benj. Motte, at the Middle-Temple Gate, Fleetstreet, 1729). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB3330779333&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;