An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... paffed in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty - two , between Ramsay , Racine the younger , and our author . The former addressed a vindication of the prin- ciples of the Essay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with ...
... paffed in the year one thousand seven hundred and forty - two , between Ramsay , Racine the younger , and our author . The former addressed a vindication of the prin- ciples of the Essay on Man to Racine , who had charged it with ...
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