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Page 282
... censure , beginning thus : But what remains will be so pure , ' twill bear Th ' examination of the most severe . Blackmore , finding the censure resented , and the civility disregarded , ungenerously omitted the softer part . Such ...
... censure , beginning thus : But what remains will be so pure , ' twill bear Th ' examination of the most severe . Blackmore , finding the censure resented , and the civility disregarded , ungenerously omitted the softer part . Such ...
Page 396
... censure time has not left us the power of con- firming or refuting ; but observation daily shews , that much stress is not to be laid on hyperbolical accusations , and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be ...
... censure time has not left us the power of con- firming or refuting ; but observation daily shews , that much stress is not to be laid on hyperbolical accusations , and pointed sentences , which even he that utters them desires to be ...
Page 433
... censure of common mortals , had no other effect than to harden Dennis in fixed dislike ; but his dislike was not merely capricious . He found and shewed many faults : he shewed them indeed with anger , but he found them with acuteness ...
... censure of common mortals , had no other effect than to harden Dennis in fixed dislike ; but his dislike was not merely capricious . He found and shewed many faults : he shewed them indeed with anger , but he found them with acuteness ...
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