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... Author's want of temper has been much cenfured ; and I know not whether it will be a fuffi- cient juftification to fay , that thefe malevolent fcriblers , however impotent and infignificant , attacked his perfon , morals , and family ...
... Author's want of temper has been much cenfured ; and I know not whether it will be a fuffi- cient juftification to fay , that thefe malevolent fcriblers , however impotent and infignificant , attacked his perfon , morals , and family ...
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... author's temper . " W. VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . VER . 86. The mighty crack : ] of Horace , Ode iii . b . 3 . A parody on Addilon's tranflation ...
... author's temper . " W. VER . 80. That fecret to each fool , that he's an Afs : ] i . e . that his ears ( his marks of folly ) are visible . VER . 86. The mighty crack : ] of Horace , Ode iii . b . 3 . A parody on Addilon's tranflation ...
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... Author is moft happily carried on through a variety of correfponding particulars that exadly hit the nature of the two infects in queftion . It is not purfued too far , nor jaded out , fo as to become quaint and affe & ted , as in the ...
... Author is moft happily carried on through a variety of correfponding particulars that exadly hit the nature of the two infects in queftion . It is not purfued too far , nor jaded out , fo as to become quaint and affe & ted , as in the ...
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... Author's early life mentioned in this Note , were communicated by Mr. Spence to Dr. Warburton . The account of this matter , as it was delivered to me by Mr. Spence , was as follows : As they returned in the fame carriage together from ...
... Author's early life mentioned in this Note , were communicated by Mr. Spence to Dr. Warburton . The account of this matter , as it was delivered to me by Mr. Spence , was as follows : As they returned in the fame carriage together from ...
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... Author , when by these belov'd ! From these the World will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Senfe ? NOTES ...
... Author , when by these belov'd ! From these the World will judge of men and books , Not from the Burnets , Oldmixons , and Cooks . 146 Soft were my numbers ; who could take offence While pure Description held the place of Senfe ? NOTES ...
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