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... firft aggreffors . They had tried , till they were weary , what was to be got by rail- ing at each other : Nobody was either concerned or fur- prized , if this or that fcribbler was proved a dunce . But every one was curious to read ...
... firft aggreffors . They had tried , till they were weary , what was to be got by rail- ing at each other : Nobody was either concerned or fur- prized , if this or that fcribbler was proved a dunce . But every one was curious to read ...
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... firft the most ancient of Critics , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are falfe or trivial , or both ; his " thoughts are crude and abortive , his expreffions ab- " furd , his numbers harsh and unmufical , his rhymes " trivial and common ...
... firft the most ancient of Critics , Mr. JOHN DENNIS . " His precepts are falfe or trivial , or both ; his " thoughts are crude and abortive , his expreffions ab- " furd , his numbers harsh and unmufical , his rhymes " trivial and common ...
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... Letter in Mift's Journal , June 22 , 1728 . i Smedley , Pref . to Gulliveriana , p . 14. 16. k Gul- liveriana , p . 334 . ! Anno 1723 . m Anno 1729 , the 1 the firft Chriftian he meets " . Another gives informa- 38 TESTIMONIES.
... Letter in Mift's Journal , June 22 , 1728 . i Smedley , Pref . to Gulliveriana , p . 14. 16. k Gul- liveriana , p . 334 . ! Anno 1723 . m Anno 1729 , the 1 the firft Chriftian he meets " . Another gives informa- 38 TESTIMONIES.
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... firft Chriftian he meets " . Another gives informa- tion of Treafon discovered in his poem o . Mr. Curll boldly fupplies an imperfect verfe with Kings and Prin- ceffes P. And one Matthew Concanen , yet more im- pudent , publishes at ...
... firft Chriftian he meets " . Another gives informa- tion of Treafon discovered in his poem o . Mr. Curll boldly fupplies an imperfect verfe with Kings and Prin- ceffes P. And one Matthew Concanen , yet more im- pudent , publishes at ...
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... firft build their house and then feek out for a tenant , had contrived the ftory of a War and a Wandering , before they once thought either of Achilles or Æneas . We fhall therefore fet our good brother and the world alfo right in this ...
... firft build their house and then feek out for a tenant , had contrived the ftory of a War and a Wandering , before they once thought either of Achilles or Æneas . We fhall therefore fet our good brother and the world alfo right in this ...
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