Your letter says that your patent is for your improvement in the manufacture of flour by the application of certain principles, and of such machinery as will carry those principles into operation, [298] whether of the improved elevator, improved hopper-boy, or (without being confined to them) of any machinery known and free to the public.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson
A famous author visits a great man, Of his immortal work displays the plan, And says, "Sir, I'm your friend; all fears dismiss; Your glory, and my own, shall live by this; Your power is fixt, your fame thro' time convey'd, And Britain Europe's queen—if I am paid."
— from The Poetical Works of Edward Young, Volume 2 by Edward Young
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