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... these authors had been ( doubtlefs very wifely ) the first Aggreffors they had try'd till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other ; no body was either concern'd , or furpriz'd , if this or that Scribler was prov'd ...
... these authors had been ( doubtlefs very wifely ) the first Aggreffors they had try'd till they were weary , what was to be got by railing at each other ; no body was either concern'd , or furpriz'd , if this or that Scribler was prov'd ...
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... I muft appear to all my friends either a foot or a knave , either impos'd on my self , or impofing on them : So that I am as much interested interested in the Confutation of these calum- nies , as to the PUBLISHER . 9.
... I muft appear to all my friends either a foot or a knave , either impos'd on my self , or impofing on them : So that I am as much interested interested in the Confutation of these calum- nies , as to the PUBLISHER . 9.
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With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus Alexander Pope. interested in the Confutation of these calum- nies , as he is himself . I am no Author , and confequently not to be fufpected either of jealoufy or refentment . against any of the men ...
With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus Alexander Pope. interested in the Confutation of these calum- nies , as he is himself . I am no Author , and confequently not to be fufpected either of jealoufy or refentment . against any of the men ...
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... 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 almost all who are try'd there ; but fure it can here be none , fince no man will pretend ...
... 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 almost all who are try'd there ; but fure it can here be none , fince no man will pretend ...
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... these , offend lefs in their morals , than in their wri- tings ; muft poverty make nonfenfe facred ? If fo , the fame of bad authors would be much better taken care of , than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of a ...
... these , offend lefs in their morals , than in their wri- tings ; muft poverty make nonfenfe facred ? If fo , the fame of bad authors would be much better taken care of , than that of all the good ones in the world ; and not one of a ...
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