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... genius and fpirit , which its parent feems to have aban- doned from the very beginning , and fuffered to step into the World naked , unguarded , and unattended . It was upon reading fome of the abusive papers lately publifh'd , that my ...
... genius and fpirit , which its parent feems to have aban- doned from the very beginning , and fuffered to step into the World naked , unguarded , and unattended . It was upon reading fome of the abusive papers lately publifh'd , that my ...
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... Genius , or against the Pretenfions of writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Auth . of the Dunc . A Satyre upon Dulness , is a thing , that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee ...
... Genius , or against the Pretenfions of writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Auth . of the Dunc . A Satyre upon Dulness , is a thing , that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee ...
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... genius , and of the fortune as well as merit , of our Author : In which , if I relate fome things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true cri- ticks ...
... genius , and of the fortune as well as merit , of our Author : In which , if I relate fome things of little concern peradventure to thee , and fome of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true cri- ticks ...
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... genius , and excellen- " cies ; That notwithstanding he profeffes " a veneration almoft rifing to Idolatry for the " writings of this inimitable poet , he would " be very loth even to do him justice , at the expence of that other ...
... genius , and excellen- " cies ; That notwithstanding he profeffes " a veneration almoft rifing to Idolatry for the " writings of this inimitable poet , he would " be very loth even to do him justice , at the expence of that other ...
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... genius and tafte , " the Approbation this Effay meets with ( a ) ! " I can fafely affirm , that I never attack'd any of these writings , unless they had Suc cefs , infinitely beyond their merit ( b ) . " This , tho ' an empty , has been ...
... genius and tafte , " the Approbation this Effay meets with ( a ) ! " I can fafely affirm , that I never attack'd any of these writings , unless they had Suc cefs , infinitely beyond their merit ( b ) . " This , tho ' an empty , has been ...
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