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Page iv
... Person , whose Friendship I esteem as one of the chief honours of my life , and a much greater respect to Truth ... persons as well as their slan- ders , till they were pleased to revive them . Now what had Mr. POPE done before , to ...
... Person , whose Friendship I esteem as one of the chief honours of my life , and a much greater respect to Truth ... persons as well as their slan- ders , till they were pleased to revive them . Now what had Mr. POPE done before , to ...
Page vi
... persons are too obscure for satire . The per- sons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the satire ; and if one could be tempted to af ford it a serious answer , were not all assassinates , popu lar insurrections ...
... persons are too obscure for satire . The per- sons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would forgive the satire ; and if one could be tempted to af ford it a serious answer , were not all assassinates , popu lar insurrections ...
Page vii
... persons and cha- racters were too sacred for satire ; and the Public ob- jecting on the other , that they are too mean even for ridicule ? But whether Bread or Fame be their end , it must be allowed , our Author , by and in TO THE ...
... persons and cha- racters were too sacred for satire ; and the Public ob- jecting on the other , that they are too mean even for ridicule ? But whether Bread or Fame be their end , it must be allowed , our Author , by and in TO THE ...
Page ix
... person- al Deformity . But even this will not help them : De- formity becomes an object of Ridicule when a man sets up for being handsome ; and so must Dulness when he sets up for a Wit . They are not ridiculed because Ri- dicule in ...
... person- al Deformity . But even this will not help them : De- formity becomes an object of Ridicule when a man sets up for being handsome ; and so must Dulness when he sets up for a Wit . They are not ridiculed because Ri- dicule in ...
Page x
... persons of the most eminent rank and abi- lities in their respective nations . But the resem- blance holds in nothing more , than in their being equally abused by the ignorant pretenders to Poetry of their times ; of which not the least ...
... persons of the most eminent rank and abi- lities in their respective nations . But the resem- blance holds in nothing more , than in their being equally abused by the ignorant pretenders to Poetry of their times ; of which not the least ...
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