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... they feem taught duty 6.6 too , " To huffing words does humble nonfenfe bow , " As if it would thy worthlefs worth enhance , " To th ' lowest rank of fops thy praise advance ; C 4 " To " To whom , by instinct , all thy stuff DR Y DE N. 23.
... they feem taught duty 6.6 too , " To huffing words does humble nonfenfe bow , " As if it would thy worthlefs worth enhance , " To th ' lowest rank of fops thy praise advance ; C 4 " To " To whom , by instinct , all thy stuff DR Y DE N. 23.
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... praise with mouths of logger- " heads . " With noise and laughing each thy fustian 66 greets , " ' Tis clapt by quires of empty - headed cits , " Who have their tribute fent , and homage 66 given , " As men in whispers fend loud noise ...
... praise with mouths of logger- " heads . " With noise and laughing each thy fustian 66 greets , " ' Tis clapt by quires of empty - headed cits , " Who have their tribute fent , and homage 66 given , " As men in whispers fend loud noise ...
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... praises thofe of his lady , not only as a lover but a partner of his stu- dies . It is unpleafing to think how many names , once celebrated , are fince forgotten . Of Newcastle's works nothing is now known but his Treatife on ...
... praises thofe of his lady , not only as a lover but a partner of his stu- dies . It is unpleafing to think how many names , once celebrated , are fince forgotten . Of Newcastle's works nothing is now known but his Treatife on ...
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... his prefaces , and in this poftfcript , fomething equivalent ; but his purpose being to exalt himself by the comparifon , he fhews ' faults diftin & tly , distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms 28 DRY DE N.
... his prefaces , and in this poftfcript , fomething equivalent ; but his purpose being to exalt himself by the comparifon , he fhews ' faults diftin & tly , distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms 28 DRY DE N.
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Samuel Johnson. distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew upon itself the vultures of the theatre . One of the criticks that attacked it was ...
Samuel Johnson. distinctly , and only praises excellence in ge- neral terms . A play thus written , in profeffed defiance of probability , naturally drew upon itself the vultures of the theatre . One of the criticks that attacked it was ...
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