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Page 163
... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these poems is called Dryden's Satire on his Muse ; ascribed , though , as Pope says , falsely , to Somers , who was after ...
... satire , which , though neither so well pointed nor perhaps so well aimed , undoubtedly drew blood . One of these poems is called Dryden's Satire on his Muse ; ascribed , though , as Pope says , falsely , to Somers , who was after ...
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... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
... satire , exceeds any part of the former . Personal resentment , though no laudable motive to satire , can add great force to general principles . Self - love is a busy prompter . The Medal , written upon the same principles with Absalom ...
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... Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have ...
... Satire , the Verses to Lord Mulgrave , the Satire against Man , the Verses upon Nothing , and perhaps some others , are I believe genuine , and perhaps most of those which the late collection exhibits . As he cannot be supposed to have ...
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