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... profe ; of which there was a copy in the late French King's Library . VIR . 72. Queen ] The ftory is told , by fome , of his Barber , but by Chaucer , of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . 1 P. VER . 75. Good ...
... profe ; of which there was a copy in the late French King's Library . VIR . 72. Queen ] The ftory is told , by fome , of his Barber , but by Chaucer , of his Queen . See Wife of Bath's Tale in Dryden's Fables . 1 P. VER . 75. Good ...
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... profe , And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubftreet will my fame defend , And , more abufive , calls himself my friend . This prints my Letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , fubfcribe ...
... profe , And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grubftreet will my fame defend , And , more abufive , calls himself my friend . This prints my Letters , that expects a bribe , And others roar aloud , " Subscribe , fubfcribe ...
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... profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bade tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 NOTES . Omer's . It is hard not to take a man's own word in matters merely relative to himself . " VFR . 180. A Perfian tale ...
... profe run mad : All these , my modeft Satire bade tranflate , And own'd that nine fuch Poets made a Tate . 190 NOTES . Omer's . It is hard not to take a man's own word in matters merely relative to himself . " VFR . 180. A Perfian tale ...
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... profe , which is to be found at the end of the eighth volume , containing his Letters . The reader will find , that it abounds in fo many new frokes of farcasm , in so many sudden and repeated blows , that he does not allow the poor ...
... profe , which is to be found at the end of the eighth volume , containing his Letters . The reader will find , that it abounds in fo many new frokes of farcasm , in so many sudden and repeated blows , that he does not allow the poor ...
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... profe the fame . That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long , But ftoop'd to Truth , and moraliz'd his fong : That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , NOTES . 340 VER . 322. Or blafphemies . ] In former editions thefe two lines ...
... profe the fame . That not in Fancy's maze he wander'd long , But ftoop'd to Truth , and moraliz'd his fong : That not for Fame , but Virtue's better end , NOTES . 340 VER . 322. Or blafphemies . ] In former editions thefe two lines ...
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