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... libels , satires - here you have it — read . P. Libels and satires lawless things indeed ! But grave epistles , bringing vice to light , Such as a king might read , a bishop write , Such as Sir Robert would approve - F . Indeed ! The ...
... libels , satires - here you have it — read . P. Libels and satires lawless things indeed ! But grave epistles , bringing vice to light , Such as a king might read , a bishop write , Such as Sir Robert would approve - F . Indeed ! The ...
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... libels the great man : Swears every place entail'd for years to come In sure succession to the day of doom : He names the price for every office paid , And says our wars thrive ill , because delay'd : Nay hints ' tis by connivance of ...
... libels the great man : Swears every place entail'd for years to come In sure succession to the day of doom : He names the price for every office paid , And says our wars thrive ill , because delay'd : Nay hints ' tis by connivance of ...
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... libel - Paxton ' , sir , will say . P. Not yet , my friend ! to - morrow ' faith it And for that very cause I print to - day . How should I fret to mangle every line In reverence to the sins of thirty - nine ? Vice with such giant ...
... libel - Paxton ' , sir , will say . P. Not yet , my friend ! to - morrow ' faith it And for that very cause I print to - day . How should I fret to mangle every line In reverence to the sins of thirty - nine ? Vice with such giant ...
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... libel though , in the subsequent editions of his Key , he left out this assertion , and affirmed ( in the Curliad , p . 4 and 8 , ) that it was written by Dennis only . poet till authors can determine among themselves what parents or ...
... libel though , in the subsequent editions of his Key , he left out this assertion , and affirmed ( in the Curliad , p . 4 and 8 , ) that it was written by Dennis only . poet till authors can determine among themselves what parents or ...
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... libel is a lie ; witness those persons of integrity who , several years before Mr. Addison's decease , did see and approve of the said verses , in no wise a libel , but a friendly rebuke , sent privately , in our author's own hand , to ...
... libel is a lie ; witness those persons of integrity who , several years before Mr. Addison's decease , did see and approve of the said verses , in no wise a libel , but a friendly rebuke , sent privately , in our author's own hand , to ...
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abuse Addison admire Æneid ancient bard Bavius Behold bless'd booksellers CALIFORN called character Charles Gildon Cibber Cibber's Letter Concanen court Curl Daily Journal declare Dennis divine Dryden dull Dulness dunce Dunciad e'en epic Epistle Eridanus Essay on Criticism eyes fame folly fool genius Gildon goddess grace Gulliveriana hath head hero heroic Homer honour Horace Iliad IMITATIONS James Moore James Moore Smith JOHN DENNIS JOHN OZELL king knave labour learned Leonard Welsted Lewis Theobald libel Lintot live Lord Matthew Concanen MIST'S JOURNAL moral Muse never o'er octavo Oldmixon Ovid person poem poet poet's poetry Pope Pope's praise Preface printed prose published queen reader REMARKS rhyme saith satire Scriblerus Shakspeare sing Smedley soul Swift thee Theobald thine things thou throne translation truth verse VIRG Virgil virtue Welsted wings words writ write