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... publick had faid before , that they were dull : and what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure or even purchase room in the prints , to teftify under their hands to the truth of it . I should still ...
... publick had faid before , that they were dull : and what it had no fooner faid , but they themselves were at great pains to procure or even purchase room in the prints , to teftify under their hands to the truth of it . I should still ...
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... publick punishment left , but what a good writer inflicts . The next objection is , that these fort of authors are Poor . That might be pleaded as an excufe at the Old Baily for leffer crimes than defamation , for ' tis the cafe of ...
... publick punishment left , but what a good writer inflicts . The next objection is , that these fort of authors are Poor . That might be pleaded as an excufe at the Old Baily for leffer crimes than defamation , for ' tis the cafe of ...
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... publick objecting on the other , that they are too mean even for Ridi cule ? But whether bread or fame be their end , it must be allow'd , our author by and in this poem , has mercifully given ' em a lit- tle of both . There are two or ...
... publick objecting on the other , that they are too mean even for Ridi cule ? But whether bread or fame be their end , it must be allow'd , our author by and in this poem , has mercifully given ' em a lit- tle of both . There are two or ...
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... probably be fooner al- low'd by himfelf , than by any good judge befide , " " That his own have found too much fuccefs with the publick . " But as it cannot confift with his modesty to claim this as it to the PUBLISHER . 13.
... probably be fooner al- low'd by himfelf , than by any good judge befide , " " That his own have found too much fuccefs with the publick . " But as it cannot confift with his modesty to claim this as it to the PUBLISHER . 13.
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... publick , to defend its own judgment . There remains what in my opinion might feem a better plea for these people , than a- ny they have made use of . If Obscurity or Poverty were to exempt a man from Satyre , much more should Folly or ...
... publick , to defend its own judgment . There remains what in my opinion might feem a better plea for these people , than a- ny they have made use of . If Obscurity or Poverty were to exempt a man from Satyre , much more should Folly or ...
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