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... cause Ridicule in itself is or ought to be a pleasure ; but because it is juft , to undeceive or vindicate the honeft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great ...
... cause Ridicule in itself is or ought to be a pleasure ; but because it is juft , to undeceive or vindicate the honeft and unpretending part of mankind from impofition , because particular intereft ought to yield to general , and a great ...
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... cause , From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . And divers more , with which we will not tire the reader . Let us rather recreate thee by turning to the other fide , and fhewing his character drawn by those with whom he never ...
... cause , From thy own life tranfcribe th ' unerring laws . And divers more , with which we will not tire the reader . Let us rather recreate thee by turning to the other fide , and fhewing his character drawn by those with whom he never ...
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... cause which moved our Poet to this particu lar work . He lived in thofe days , when ( after providence had permitted the Inven- tion of Printing as a fcourge for the Sins of the learned ) Paper also became fo cheap , and printers fo ...
... cause which moved our Poet to this particu lar work . He lived in thofe days , when ( after providence had permitted the Inven- tion of Printing as a fcourge for the Sins of the learned ) Paper also became fo cheap , and printers fo ...
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... cause , and apprehending the period of her empire from the old age of the present monarch Settle . Wherefore debating whether to betake himself to law or politicks , he raifes an altar of proper books , and ( making firft his folemn ...
... cause , and apprehending the period of her empire from the old age of the present monarch Settle . Wherefore debating whether to betake himself to law or politicks , he raifes an altar of proper books , and ( making firft his folemn ...
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... causes causes all the vifions of wild enthusiasts , pro- jectors to the BookS . 63 the Books The DUNCIAD, in three Books NOTES VARIORUM: Being the Scholia of.
... causes causes all the vifions of wild enthusiasts , pro- jectors to the BookS . 63 the Books The DUNCIAD, in three Books NOTES VARIORUM: Being the Scholia of.
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