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... shall e- ver efteem as one of the chief honours of my life , and a much greater refpect to 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 ...
... shall e- ver efteem as one of the chief honours of my life , and a much greater refpect to 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 ...
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... shall de- fer writing the life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what pa- rents or education he had , or whether he had any education or parents at all ? Proceed we to what is more certain , his Works , tho ' not ...
... shall de- fer writing the life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what pa- rents or education he had , or whether he had any education or parents at all ? Proceed we to what is more certain , his Works , tho ' not ...
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... shall fade Its colours : gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy fad diftrefs , And Venus shall the texture blefs , & i . Come we now to his Tranflation of the FLIAD , celebrated by numerous pens , yet hall it fuffice to mention the ...
... shall fade Its colours : gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy fad diftrefs , And Venus shall the texture blefs , & i . Come we now to his Tranflation of the FLIAD , celebrated by numerous pens , yet hall it fuffice to mention the ...
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... shall seem good . Sure it is , he is little favour'd of cer- tain authors ; whofe wrath is perillous : For one declares he ought to have a price fet on his head , and to be hunted down as wild beaft : Another exprefly , that it will be ...
... shall seem good . Sure it is , he is little favour'd of cer- tain authors ; whofe wrath is perillous : For one declares he ought to have a price fet on his head , and to be hunted down as wild beaft : Another exprefly , that it will be ...
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... shall de- termine on nothing ; but leave thee , gentle reader to fteer thy judgment equally be- tween various opinions , and to chufe whe- ther thou wilt believe the Teftimonies of those who knew him , or of those who knew him not . MAR ...
... shall de- termine on nothing ; but leave thee , gentle reader to fteer thy judgment equally be- tween various opinions , and to chufe whe- ther thou wilt believe the Teftimonies of those who knew him , or of those who knew him not . MAR ...
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