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... least mention is made of any of them : And what has he done fince ? He has laugh'd and written the DUNCIAD What has that faid of them ? a very serious truth which the publick had faid before , that they were dull : and what it had no ...
... least mention is made of any of them : And what has he done fince ? He has laugh'd and written the DUNCIAD What has that faid of them ? a very serious truth which the publick had faid before , that they were dull : and what it had no ...
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... least valuable part of his character ) but the honeft , open , and beneficient Man , that we most esteem'd and lov'd in him . Now if what thefe people fay were believ'd , I muft appear to all my friends either a foot or a knave , either ...
... least valuable part of his character ) but the honeft , open , and beneficient Man , that we most esteem'd and lov'd in him . Now if what thefe people fay were believ'd , I muft appear to all my friends either a foot or a knave , either ...
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... least their * Titles , and difcovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the Perfons are too ob- fcure for ...
... least their * Titles , and difcovering ( as far as you can depend on the truth of your information ) the names of the conceal'd authors . The first objection I have heard made to the Poem is , that the Perfons are too ob- fcure for ...
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... least anger 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 ...
... least anger 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 ...
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... advise Mr. Pope to try the . " experiment again , of getting a great part " of a book done by Affiftants , least those extraneous parts fhould unhappily afcend " to " 14 " to the fublime , and retard the declenfion of AUTHORS . 35 *
... advise Mr. Pope to try the . " experiment again , of getting a great part " of a book done by Affiftants , least those extraneous parts fhould unhappily afcend " to " 14 " to the fublime , and retard the declenfion of AUTHORS . 35 *
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