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Page 37
... fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a Rival's , or an Eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
... fools . In search of wit these lose their common sense , And then turn Critics in their own defence : Each burns alike , who can , or cannot write , Or with a Rival's , or an Eunuch's spite . All fools have still an itching to deride ...
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... fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! ' tis ten times worse when they repent . One dedicates in high heroic prose , And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubstreet will my fame defend , And more abusive , calls ...
... fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! ' tis ten times worse when they repent . One dedicates in high heroic prose , And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubstreet will my fame defend , And more abusive , calls ...
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... fool to fool the Laurel crown . And ( last and worst ) with all the cant of wit , Without the soul , the Muse's Hypocrit . There march'd the bard and blockhead , side by side , Who rhym'd for hire , and patroniz❜d for pride . Narcissus ...
... fool to fool the Laurel crown . And ( last and worst ) with all the cant of wit , Without the soul , the Muse's Hypocrit . There march'd the bard and blockhead , side by side , Who rhym'd for hire , and patroniz❜d for pride . Narcissus ...
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