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... Truth than to him or any man living , ingag'd me in Enquiries , of which the inclos'd Notes are the fruit . I perceiv'd , that most of these authors had been ( doubtlefs very wifely ) the first Aggreffors : they had try'd till they were ...
... Truth than to him or any man living , ingag'd me in Enquiries , of which the inclos'd Notes are the fruit . I perceiv'd , that most of these authors had been ( doubtlefs very wifely ) the first Aggreffors : they had try'd till they were ...
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... truth which the publick had said before , that they were dull : and what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure or even purchase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of it ...
... truth which the publick had said before , that they were dull : and what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure or even purchase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of it ...
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Alexander Pope. ther Truth nor Virtue can fecure the most Innocent , in a manner which though it an- nihilates the credit of the accufation with the juft and impartial , yet aggravates very much the guilt of the accufer , ( I mean by ...
Alexander Pope. ther Truth nor Virtue can fecure the most Innocent , in a manner which though it an- nihilates the credit of the accufation with the juft and impartial , yet aggravates very much the guilt of the accufer , ( I mean by ...
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... truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the Perfons are too ob- fcure for Satyre . The Perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would for ...
... truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the Perfons are too ob- fcure for Satyre . The Perfons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would for ...
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... them , ftill more " convinc'd of their truth , and folidity . And here give me leave to mention what Mon- " fieur Boileau has fo well enlarged upon , ( a ) Spectator , No . 253 . " in the preface to his works : That wit in 28 TESTIMONIES.
... them , ftill more " convinc'd of their truth , and folidity . And here give me leave to mention what Mon- " fieur Boileau has fo well enlarged upon , ( a ) Spectator , No . 253 . " in the preface to his works : That wit in 28 TESTIMONIES.
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