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... most learnedly amongst illiterate perfons , and makes a mighty pother about books and languages there , where he is fure to be admired , though not understood . But much of either would afford To many that had BUTLER'S POEM S.
... most learnedly amongst illiterate perfons , and makes a mighty pother about books and languages there , where he is fure to be admired , though not understood . But much of either would afford To many that had BUTLER'S POEM S.
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... most in barren ground , 60 He had fuch plenty , as fuffic'd To make fome think him circumcis'd ; And truly fo he was , perhaps , 65 Not as a profelyte , but for claps . He was in logic a great critic , Profoundly skill'd in analytic ...
... most in barren ground , 60 He had fuch plenty , as fuffic'd To make fome think him circumcis'd ; And truly fo he was , perhaps , 65 Not as a profelyte , but for claps . He was in logic a great critic , Profoundly skill'd in analytic ...
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... most illustrious perfons of his time were ambitious of his friendship , and put a high value on his merits , fo that they offered him bishopricks , which he refused with as much ar- dour as others feek after them . He died in the ...
... most illustrious perfons of his time were ambitious of his friendship , and put a high value on his merits , fo that they offered him bishopricks , which he refused with as much ar- dour as others feek after them . He died in the ...
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... most innocent cuftoms then in ufe , as the eating Chrift- mas - pies and plum - porridge at Christmas , which they reputed finful . Ver . 213 , 214. ] They were fo remarkably obftinate in this refpect , that they kept a faft upon ...
... most innocent cuftoms then in ufe , as the eating Chrift- mas - pies and plum - porridge at Christmas , which they reputed finful . Ver . 213 , 214. ] They were fo remarkably obftinate in this refpect , that they kept a faft upon ...
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... most , Whom therefore thus do we accost . Thou that with ale , or viler liquors , Didst inspire Withers , Pryn , and Vickars , And force them , though it was in spite Of Nature , and their stars , to write ; Who ( as we find in fullen ...
... most , Whom therefore thus do we accost . Thou that with ale , or viler liquors , Didst inspire Withers , Pryn , and Vickars , And force them , though it was in spite Of Nature , and their stars , to write ; Who ( as we find in fullen ...
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