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... too facred for Satyre ; and the publick objecting on the other , that they are too mean even for Ridicule ? But whether bread or fame be their end , it must be al- low'd , our author by and in this poem , 10 A LETTER.
... too facred for Satyre ; and the publick objecting on the other , that they are too mean even for Ridicule ? But whether bread or fame be their end , it must be al- low'd , our author by and in this poem , 10 A LETTER.
Page 12
... ridicule when a man fets up for being handfome : and fo muft Dulness when he fets up for Wit . They are not ridicul'd because Ridicule in itself is or ought to be a pleasure ; but because it is just , to unde- ceive or vindicate the ...
... ridicule when a man fets up for being handfome : and fo muft Dulness when he fets up for Wit . They are not ridicul'd because Ridicule in itself is or ought to be a pleasure ; but because it is just , to unde- ceive or vindicate the ...
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... Ridicule ! I " Much may be faid to extenuate the fault of " wish we had the humanity to reflect , that even " bad Poets : What we call a Genius is hard to " the worft Authors might endeavour to please " be diftinguifhed , by a man ...
... Ridicule ! I " Much may be faid to extenuate the fault of " wish we had the humanity to reflect , that even " bad Poets : What we call a Genius is hard to " the worft Authors might endeavour to please " be diftinguifhed , by a man ...
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