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execution against a Thief or Impostor.—The same will hold in the republic of Letters, if the Critics and Judges will let every ignorant pretender to scribling pass on the world.
Theobald, Letter to Mist, June 22, 1728.
ATTACKS may be levelled, either against Failures in Genius, or against the Pretensions of writing without one.
Concanen, Ded. to the Author of the Dunciad.
A Satyr upon Dulness is a thing that has been used and allowed in All Ages.
Out of thine own Mouth will I judge thee, wicked Scribler!
