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... moft ; few pry behind the scene . None dares with impious steel the grove to rend , Left on himself the deftin'd stroke descend . 169 No blood from bitten nails , thofe poems drew ; But churn'd , like spittle from the lips they flew ...
... moft ; few pry behind the scene . None dares with impious steel the grove to rend , Left on himself the deftin'd stroke descend . 169 No blood from bitten nails , thofe poems drew ; But churn'd , like spittle from the lips they flew ...
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... moft frequently required are eafe and fimpli- city , an even flow of unlaboured diction , and an artlefs arrangement of obvious fentiments . But thefe directions are no fooner applied to ufe , than their fcantinefs and imperfection ...
... moft frequently required are eafe and fimpli- city , an even flow of unlaboured diction , and an artlefs arrangement of obvious fentiments . But thefe directions are no fooner applied to ufe , than their fcantinefs and imperfection ...
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... moft curfory performances excel all that la- bour and ftudy can enable meaner intellects to compofe , as there are fome regions of which the spontaneous products cannot be e- qualled in other foils by care and culture . But it is no ...
... moft curfory performances excel all that la- bour and ftudy can enable meaner intellects to compofe , as there are fome regions of which the spontaneous products cannot be e- qualled in other foils by care and culture . But it is no ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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