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 anguiſh which there the cries of agonizing innocence excite, whether the creature that ſuffers be a lambkin or a man. See the little victim how he wantons unconſcious of coming fate; unſuſpicious of harm, the up-lifted ſteel he views, innocent and engaging as the babe, that preſſes, playful, the boſom of her, in whom thy bliſs is complete. Why ſhouldſt thou kill him in the novelty of life; why raviſh him from the ſweet aſpect of the fun, while yet, with freſh delight, he admires Rh