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... against any of the Men , of whom fcarce one is known to me by fight ; and as for their Writings , I have fought them ( on this one occafion ) in vain , in the clofets and libraries of all my acquaintance . I had ftill been in the dark ...
... against any of the Men , of whom fcarce one is known to me by fight ; and as for their Writings , I have fought them ( on this one occafion ) in vain , in the clofets and libraries of all my acquaintance . I had ftill been in the dark ...
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... against Palenefs or Leannefs , but against Malice and Villainy . The Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet is poor ; but is he therefore juftified in vending poifon ? Not but Poverty itself becomes a just subject of fatire , when it is the ...
... against Palenefs or Leannefs , but against Malice and Villainy . The Apothecary in Romeo and Juliet is poor ; but is he therefore juftified in vending poifon ? Not but Poverty itself becomes a just subject of fatire , when it is the ...
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... against his book of Poems ; Mr. Walsh , after his death ; Sir William Trumbull , when he had refigned the Office of Secretary of State ; Lord Bolingbroke , at his leaving England , after the Queen's death ; Lord Oxford , in his laft ...
... against his book of Poems ; Mr. Walsh , after his death ; Sir William Trumbull , when he had refigned the Office of Secretary of State ; Lord Bolingbroke , at his leaving England , after the Queen's death ; Lord Oxford , in his laft ...
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... against a Thief or Impoftor . - The fame will hold in the re- public of Letters , if the Critics and Judges will let every ignorant pretender to fcribbling pafs on the World . VOL . III , C THEO- THEOBALD , Letter to Mift , June 22 ...
... against a Thief or Impoftor . - The fame will hold in the re- public of Letters , if the Critics and Judges will let every ignorant pretender to fcribbling pafs on the World . VOL . III , C THEO- THEOBALD , Letter to Mift , June 22 ...
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... against Failures in Genius , or against the Pretensions of writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Author of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I ...
... against Failures in Genius , or against the Pretensions of writing without one . CONCANEN , Ded . to the Author of the DUNCIAD . A Satire upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in All Ages . Out of thine own Mouth will I ...
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