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Page xi
... most civil and oblig- ing Compliments , even in Print , that Pofterity may " not doubt of it . And in this Sort of Duels the weak- " eft is always the Aggreffor , and it is he who fends the " Challenge . This Metaphor is taken from ...
... most civil and oblig- ing Compliments , even in Print , that Pofterity may " not doubt of it . And in this Sort of Duels the weak- " eft is always the Aggreffor , and it is he who fends the " Challenge . This Metaphor is taken from ...
Page xiii
... most only an indirect and obfcure Piece of Rail- lery . For if Nero had been the Author of those Verses , how durft any Body be fo bold , as to fet them down Word for Word , on purpose to laugh at them , when it was thought neceffary to ...
... most only an indirect and obfcure Piece of Rail- lery . For if Nero had been the Author of those Verses , how durft any Body be fo bold , as to fet them down Word for Word , on purpose to laugh at them , when it was thought neceffary to ...
Page 7
... most likely , none . M. The Cafe is piteous - P . Why a piteous Cafe ? Polydamas forfooth , and all the Race Of Mafter - Miffes , join in my Difgrace ! TM 5 Ver . 6. Polydamas forfooth ! ] He means here Nero and his Mini- ons ; alluding ...
... most likely , none . M. The Cafe is piteous - P . Why a piteous Cafe ? Polydamas forfooth , and all the Race Of Mafter - Miffes , join in my Difgrace ! TM 5 Ver . 6. Polydamas forfooth ! ] He means here Nero and his Mini- ons ; alluding ...
Page 23
... most discreet : " Know while you live , your Distance with the Great ; " Their Doors are facred . Satirist , come not near , 250 " Lay not your excremental Libels here ! Paint then ( say I ) with due Infcription round , Paint then two ...
... most discreet : " Know while you live , your Distance with the Great ; " Their Doors are facred . Satirist , come not near , 250 " Lay not your excremental Libels here ! Paint then ( say I ) with due Infcription round , Paint then two ...
Page 26
... most fupremely blest , When fome wife Beard becomes a Strumpet's Jeft : Then most transporting Raptures feels within , 300 When the pert Wanton tugs the reverend Chin . No , no ; let fuch mind this , and nothing more : Let them , all ...
... most fupremely blest , When fome wife Beard becomes a Strumpet's Jeft : Then most transporting Raptures feels within , 300 When the pert Wanton tugs the reverend Chin . No , no ; let fuch mind this , and nothing more : Let them , all ...
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