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... against any of the men , of whom scarce one is known to me by fight ; and as for their writings , I have fought them ( on this one occafion ) in vain , in the closets and libraries of all my acquaintance . I had ftill been in the dark ...
... against any of the men , of whom scarce one is known to me by fight ; and as for their writings , I have fought them ( on this one occafion ) in vain , in the closets and libraries of all my acquaintance . I had ftill been in the dark ...
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... against paleness or leannefs , but against malice and villany . The apothecary in ROMEO and JULIET is poor , but is he therefore justified in vend- ing poifon ? Not but poverty itself becomes a juft fubject of Satyre , when it is the ...
... against paleness or leannefs , but against malice and villany . The apothecary in ROMEO and JULIET is poor , but is he therefore justified in vend- ing poifon ? Not but poverty itself becomes a juft fubject of Satyre , when it is the ...
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... against his Book of Poems : Mr. Wal , after his death : Sir William Trumbull , when he refign'd the Office of Se- cretary of State : Lord Bolingbroke at his leaving England after the Queen's death : Lord Oxford in his laft decline of ...
... against his Book of Poems : Mr. Wal , after his death : Sir William Trumbull , when he refign'd the Office of Se- cretary of State : Lord Bolingbroke at his leaving England after the Queen's death : Lord Oxford in his laft decline of ...
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... Ill - nature , for putting the Laws in Execution against a Thief or Im- poftor The fame will hold in the Repub- lick of Letters , if the Criticks and Judges will will let every Ignorant Pretender to Scrib- ling , pafs [ 18 ]
... Ill - nature , for putting the Laws in Execution against a Thief or Im- poftor The fame will hold in the Repub- lick of Letters , if the Criticks and Judges will will let every Ignorant Pretender to Scrib- ling , pafs [ 18 ]
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... against Failures in 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 ...
... against Failures in 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 ...
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