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... Sawney , ( b ) . " That because Pri or's Henry and Emma charm'd the finest " taftes , our author writ his Eloife , in oppo- . " fition to it ; but forgot innocence and vir- σε tue . If you take away her tender thoughts , ( a ) Letters ...
... Sawney , ( b ) . " That because Pri or's Henry and Emma charm'd the finest " taftes , our author writ his Eloife , in oppo- . " fition to it ; but forgot innocence and vir- σε tue . If you take away her tender thoughts , ( a ) Letters ...
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... Sawney , a Poem , p . 5. hath been fo dull as to explain The Man who brings , & c . not of the Hero of the Piece , but of our Poet himself , as if he vaunted that Kings were to be his Readers ( an Honour which tho ' this Poem hath had ...
... Sawney , a Poem , p . 5. hath been fo dull as to explain The Man who brings , & c . not of the Hero of the Piece , but of our Poet himself , as if he vaunted that Kings were to be his Readers ( an Honour which tho ' this Poem hath had ...
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... Sawney , and others ) as a most in- human fatire on the Poverty of Poets : but it is thought our author would be acquitted by a Jury of Taylors . To me this inftance feems anluckily chofen , if it be a fatire on any body , it must be on ...
... Sawney , and others ) as a most in- human fatire on the Poverty of Poets : but it is thought our author would be acquitted by a Jury of Taylors . To me this inftance feems anluckily chofen , if it be a fatire on any body , it must be on ...
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... Sawney , very abufive of Dr. Swift , Mr. Gay , and himfelf . Thefe lines allude to a thing of his , intituled Night a Poem . Shakespear , Hamlet . Vifit thus the glimpses of the Moon , Making Night hideous . This low writer conftantly ...
... Sawney , very abufive of Dr. Swift , Mr. Gay , and himfelf . Thefe lines allude to a thing of his , intituled Night a Poem . Shakespear , Hamlet . Vifit thus the glimpses of the Moon , Making Night hideous . This low writer conftantly ...
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... Sawney , " We are told it was the labour of fix years , " with the utmoft affiduity and application : It is no great compliment to the Author's fenfe , to have employed fo large a part of his Life , * & c . So alfo Ward , Pref . to Durg ...
... Sawney , " We are told it was the labour of fix years , " with the utmoft affiduity and application : It is no great compliment to the Author's fenfe , to have employed fo large a part of his Life , * & c . So alfo Ward , Pref . to Durg ...
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