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Oldmixon (John) abused Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, ii. 283. Falsify'd Daniel's History, then accused others of falsifying Lord Clarendon's; proved a Slanderer in it, ibid.
——— abused Mr. Eusden and my Lord Chamberlain, i. 104.
Odyssey, Falshoods concerning Mr. P.'s Proposals for that Work, Test.
——— Disprov'd by those very Proposals, ibid.
Owls and Opium, i. 271.
Oranges, and their use, i. 236.
Opera, her Advancement, iii. 301. iv. 45, &c.
Opiates, two very considerable ones, ii. 370. Their Efficacy, 390, &c.
Owls, desir'd to answer Mr. Ralph, iii. 166.

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Pope (Mr.) his Life] Educated by Jesuits—by a Parson—by a Monk—at St. Omer's—at Oxford—at home—no where at all, Test. init. His Father a Merchant, a Husbandman, a Farmer, a Hatter, the Devil, ibid.
——— His Death threaten'd by Dr. Smedley, ibid, but afterwards advis'd to hang himself, or cut his Throat, ibid. To be hunted down like a wild Beast, by Mr. Theobald, ibid. unless hang'd for Treason, on information of Pasquin, Mr. Dennis, Mr. Curl, and Concanen, ibid.
Poverty, never to be mentioned in Satire, in the opinion of the Journalists and Hackney Writers—The Poverty of Codrus, not touch'd upon by Juvenal, ii. 143. When, and how far Poverty may be satirized, Letter, p. vi. Whenever mentioned by our Author, it is only as an Extenuation and Excuse for bad Writers, ii. 282.
Personal abuses not to be endur'd, in the opinion of Mr. Dennis, Theobald, Curl, etc. ii. 142.
Personal abuses on our Author, by Mr. Dennis, Gildon, &c. ibid.—By Mr. Theobald, Test.—By Mr. Ralph, iii. 165—By Mr. Welsted, ii. 207.—By Mr. Cooke, ii. 138.—By Mr. Concanen, ii. 299—By Sir Richard Blackmore, ii. 268.—By Edw. Ward, iii. 34–and their Brethren, passim.
Personal abuses of others. Mr. Theobald of Mr. Dennis for his Poverty, i. 106. Mr. Dennis of Mr. Theobald for his Livelihood by the Stage, and the Law, i. 286. Mr. Dennis of Sr. Richard Blackmore for Impiety, ii. 268. D . Smedley of Mr. Concanen, ii. 299. Mr. Oldmixon's of Mr. Eusen, i. 104. Of Mr. Addison, ii. 283. Mr. Cook's of Mr. Eusden, i. 104.
Politics, very useful in Criticism, Mr. Dennis's, i. 106. ii. 413.
Pillory, a post of respect, in the opinion of Mr. Curl, iii. 34.
——— and of Mr. Ward, ibid.
Plagiary described, ii. 47, &c.
Priori, Argument a priori not the best to prove a God, iv. 471.
Poverty and Poetry, their Cave, i. 33.
Profaneness, not to be endur'd in our Author, but very allowable in Shakespear, i. 50.
Party-Writers, their three Qualifications, ii. 276.
Palmers, Pilgrims, iii. 113.
Pindars and Miltons, of the modern sort, iii. 164.

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Querno, his Resemblance to Mr. Cibber, ii. 15. Wept for joy, ibid. So did Mr. C. i. 243.

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Resemblance of the Hero to several great Authors,
To Querno, ut supra. To Settle iii 37.