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... SHALL Conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd ...
... SHALL Conclude this fection with a ftory , which POPE himself related , because it is characteristical of his old friend , and I fhall give it in the very words which POPE ufed , when he told it to Mr. Spence.- " Dr. Swift has an odd ...
Page 246
Joseph Warton. better proof can be given , we shall readily acquit Mr. Addifon of this most odious part of the charge . " Yet I I BEG leave to add , that as to the other accufation , Dr. Young , Lord Bathurst , Mr. Harte ... shall readily ...
Joseph Warton. better proof can be given , we shall readily acquit Mr. Addifon of this most odious part of the charge . " Yet I I BEG leave to add , that as to the other accufation , Dr. Young , Lord Bathurst , Mr. Harte ... shall readily ...
Page 373
... shall be forthwith brought to her empire , and prophefying how first the na- tion fhall be over - run with farces , operas , fhows ; and the throne of Dulness ad- vanced over both the theatres : then , how her fons shall prefide in the ...
... shall be forthwith brought to her empire , and prophefying how first the na- tion fhall be over - run with farces , operas , fhows ; and the throne of Dulness ad- vanced over both the theatres : then , how her fons shall prefide in the ...
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