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Page 194
... against a chimæra : you know not who , or what , you fight against ; the objections start up in a new fhape , like the armies and phan- tems of magicians , and no weapon can cut a mift or a fhadow . Yet it would have been a pleasure to ...
... against a chimæra : you know not who , or what , you fight against ; the objections start up in a new fhape , like the armies and phan- tems of magicians , and no weapon can cut a mift or a fhadow . Yet it would have been a pleasure to ...
Page 264
... against whom ? - Against those , said Boileau , who make bad verses ; against fuch mischievous works as operas and romances . - Ah ! my friend , fays the Confeffor , there is no harm in this , and I have nothing more to fay to you ...
... against whom ? - Against those , said Boileau , who make bad verses ; against fuch mischievous works as operas and romances . - Ah ! my friend , fays the Confeffor , there is no harm in this , and I have nothing more to fay to you ...
Page 278
... against Blackmore . " As the letter contains one or two literary particulars , I will transcribe the rest . " As to what you write about making a collec- tion , I can only advise you to buy what poems you can , that Tonfon has printed ...
... against Blackmore . " As the letter contains one or two literary particulars , I will transcribe the rest . " As to what you write about making a collec- tion , I can only advise you to buy what poems you can , that Tonfon has printed ...
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