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... reader cannot easily have forgot ) consisted in certain admirable rules about the wearing of their coats , in the perusal whereof the two brothers at every period duly comparing the doc- trine with the practice , there was never seen a ...
... reader cannot easily have forgot ) consisted in certain admirable rules about the wearing of their coats , in the perusal whereof the two brothers at every period duly comparing the doc- trine with the practice , there was never seen a ...
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... reader , which few of the critics besides Longinus have con- sidered . Our general taste in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced con- ceits , which have no manner of influence , either for the bettering or enlarging the ...
... reader , which few of the critics besides Longinus have con- sidered . Our general taste in England is for epigram , turns of wit , and forced con- ceits , which have no manner of influence , either for the bettering or enlarging the ...
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... readers . If the writer strictly observes the rules above men- tioned , he hath discharged his part , and is then entitled to some faith from his reader , who is indeed guilty of critical infidelity if he disbelieves him . For want 1 ...
... readers . If the writer strictly observes the rules above men- tioned , he hath discharged his part , and is then entitled to some faith from his reader , who is indeed guilty of critical infidelity if he disbelieves him . For want 1 ...
Contents
PREFACE | 3 |
THE POOR MANS PLEA | 14 |
THE SHORTEST WAY WITH THE DISSENTERS | 23 |
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