The Dunciad, Variorum 1729 |
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... obscurity renders them more dan- gerous , as less thought of : Law can pronounce judgment only on open Facts , Morality alone can pass cenfure on In- tentions of mischief ; fo that for ' fecret calumny or the arrow flying in the dark ...
... obscurity renders them more dan- gerous , as less thought of : Law can pronounce judgment only on open Facts , Morality alone can pass cenfure on In- tentions of mischief ; fo that for ' fecret calumny or the arrow flying in the dark ...
Page 12
... Obscurity or Poverty were to exempt a man from fatyr , much more should Folly or Dulness , which are still more involuntary , nay as much so as personal deformity . But even this will not help them : Deformity becomes the object of ...
... Obscurity or Poverty were to exempt a man from fatyr , much more should Folly or Dulness , which are still more involuntary , nay as much so as personal deformity . But even this will not help them : Deformity becomes the object of ...
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... obscurity in Chronology from the Names in the Poem , by the inevi- table removal of fome Authors , and infertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will confider the Unity of the whole defign , will be fenfible , that the Poem ...
... obscurity in Chronology from the Names in the Poem , by the inevi- table removal of fome Authors , and infertion of others , in their Niches . For whoever will confider the Unity of the whole defign , will be fenfible , that the Poem ...
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