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... these words : In two large columns , on thy motly page , Where Roman wit is ftrip'd with English rage ; Where ribaldry to fatire makes pretence , And modern fcandal rolls with an'ient fense : Whilft on one fide we fee how Horace thought ...
... these words : In two large columns , on thy motly page , Where Roman wit is ftrip'd with English rage ; Where ribaldry to fatire makes pretence , And modern fcandal rolls with an'ient fense : Whilft on one fide we fee how Horace thought ...
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... these frailties join'd , Had heir'd as well the virtues of the mind . Curl fet up his head for a fign . + His Father was crooked . tt His mother was much afflicted with head - achs . NOTES . the compliments on his infirmities and ...
... these frailties join'd , Had heir'd as well the virtues of the mind . Curl fet up his head for a fign . + His Father was crooked . tt His mother was much afflicted with head - achs . NOTES . the compliments on his infirmities and ...
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... These two words feem added merely for the verfe , and are what the French call a cheville , VER . 135. But why then publish ? ] To the three firft names that encouraged his carlieft writings , he has added other friends , whose ...
... These two words feem added merely for the verfe , and are what the French call a cheville , VER . 135. But why then publish ? ] To the three firft names that encouraged his carlieft writings , he has added other friends , whose ...
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... 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 . Thefe are the ...
... 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 . Thefe are the ...
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... these ribalds , NOTES . ( like children's delighting in a prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours which , when frugally managed and artfully difpofed , might be made to unfold and illuftrate the nobleft obje & s in nature . W. P. VER ...
... these ribalds , NOTES . ( like children's delighting in a prifm for the fake of its gaudy colours which , when frugally managed and artfully difpofed , might be made to unfold and illuftrate the nobleft obje & s in nature . W. P. VER ...
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