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Page 160
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
... less severe , may be answered , by a remarker somewhat inclined to cavil , by a contrary sup- position , that his judgement would probably have been less severe , if his imagination had been more fruitful . It is ridiculous to oppose ...
Page 270
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune ...
... less cogent , by men less famed for liberality . Yet Dryden always represented himself as suffering under a public infliction ; and once particularly demands respect for the patience with which he endured the loss of his little fortune ...
Page 417
... less . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the Tory - Fox- hunter . There are however some strokes less elegant , and less decent ; such as the Pretender's Journal , in which one topick of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse ...
... less . Bigotry itself must be delighted with the Tory - Fox- hunter . There are however some strokes less elegant , and less decent ; such as the Pretender's Journal , in which one topick of ridicule is his poverty . This mode of abuse ...
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