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... come to engage " in Praises and Compliments they do not spare each " other ; but make Paffes at one another with all their 66 Might . You know fome at present as well as I , who are reckoned for Bravery of Wit , if I may be allowed the ...
... come to engage " in Praises and Compliments they do not spare each " other ; but make Paffes at one another with all their 66 Might . You know fome at present as well as I , who are reckoned for Bravery of Wit , if I may be allowed the ...
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... comes it that Cornutus made no Alteration in four Verses inferted in the fame Satire , taken from a Tragedy of Nero ? Was it a dangerous thing to fay King Midas bas Affes Ears , whilft it was allowable to quote his Verses as a Model of ...
... comes it that Cornutus made no Alteration in four Verses inferted in the fame Satire , taken from a Tragedy of Nero ? Was it a dangerous thing to fay King Midas bas Affes Ears , whilft it was allowable to quote his Verses as a Model of ...
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... comes in an Acquaintance , who , upon hearing the firft Line , diffuades him , by all Means , from an Undertaking fo perilous ; advifing him rather , if he needs muft write , to accommodate his Vein to the Tafte of the Times , and to ...
... comes in an Acquaintance , who , upon hearing the firft Line , diffuades him , by all Means , from an Undertaking fo perilous ; advifing him rather , if he needs muft write , to accommodate his Vein to the Tafte of the Times , and to ...
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... Come , the Productions of fome Heavenly Muse , Who can repeat ? cry they — And what ensues ? Why one , or other , of the purple Beaus , A naufeous Preface fnuffles thro ' the Nose ; Some old , fome fad old Tale , then forth he whines ...
... Come , the Productions of fome Heavenly Muse , Who can repeat ? cry they — And what ensues ? Why one , or other , of the purple Beaus , A naufeous Preface fnuffles thro ' the Nose ; Some old , fome fad old Tale , then forth he whines ...
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... come not near , 250 " Lay not your excremental Libels here ! Paint then ( say I ) with due Infcription round , Paint then two Snakes : This , Boys , is hallow'd Ground , Urine not here ! Nought further need be done ; Inftant , I vanish ...
... come not near , 250 " Lay not your excremental Libels here ! Paint then ( say I ) with due Infcription round , Paint then two Snakes : This , Boys , is hallow'd Ground , Urine not here ! Nought further need be done ; Inftant , I vanish ...
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Page 36 - ... belle' hoc excute totum: quid non intus habet? non hie est Ilias Atti 50 ebria veratro? non siqua elegidia crudi dictarunt proceres? non quidquid denique lectis scribitur in citreis? calidum scis ponere sumen, scis comitem horridulum trita donare lacerna, et 'verum' inquis 'amo, verum mihi dicite de me.
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