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... Poem . Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , transmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear ...
... Poem . Such Notes as have occurred to me I herewith fend you : You will oblige me by inferting them amongst those which are , or will be , transmitted to you by others ; fince not only the Author's friends , but even ftrangers , appear ...
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... have heard made to the Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The per- a Which we have done in a Lift printed in the Ap- pendix . fons fons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would 6 A LETTER.
... have heard made to the Poem is , that the perfons are too obfcure for fatire . The per- a Which we have done in a Lift printed in the Ap- pendix . fons fons themselves , rather than allow the objection , would 6 A LETTER.
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... Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and for- tune have no benefit from the former objections , fup- pofing them good ; and these I was forry to see in such company . But if ...
... Poem , has mercifully given them a little of both . There are two or three , who by their rank and for- tune have no benefit from the former objections , fup- pofing them good ; and these I was forry to see in such company . But if ...
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... Poem himself , I may fee some of them treated as gently , on their repentance or better merit , as Perrault and Quinault were at last by BOILEAU . In one point I must be allowed to think the chara & er of our English Poet the more ...
... Poem himself , I may fee some of them treated as gently , on their repentance or better merit , as Perrault and Quinault were at last by BOILEAU . In one point I must be allowed to think the chara & er of our English Poet the more ...
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... Poem , thofe alone are capable of doing it justice , who , to use the words of a great writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his fubject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITATEM , OBSOLETIS FASTIDITIS GRA- NITOREM ...
... Poem , thofe alone are capable of doing it justice , who , to use the words of a great writer , know how hard it is ( with regard both to his fubject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITATEM , OBSOLETIS FASTIDITIS GRA- NITOREM ...
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