Vulgar words in Lives of the English Poets : Prior, Congreve, Blackmore, Pope (Page 1)
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But the fate of this impious buffoon is very different, for in a Protestant kingdom, zealous of their civil and religious immunities, he has not only escaped affronts and the effects of public resentment, but has been caressed and patronised by persons of great figure, and of all denominations.
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Some false editions of the book, having an owl in their frontispiece, the true one, to distinguish it, fixed in his stead an ass laden with authors.
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Then another surreptitious one being printed with the same ass, the new edition in octavo returned for distinction to the owl again.