...can I chufe but fmile, When ev'ry Coxcomb knows me by my Style? Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 28r Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a Tear ! VARIATIONS. After ver. 270....

...chufe but (mile, \Vhen ev'ry coxcomb Jcnows me by my ftyleî Çurs'd be the verfe, how welf foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe^ Give. Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, Or from the'foft ey'd virgin fteal a tear! But he ^yho hurts a harmlefs...

...fuperior far to thine, Let hurcl'u Cibber and great Arnal lhii:c. Why Curft be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give Virtue fcandal, Innocence a fear, 285 Or from the foft-ey'd Virgin fteal a Tear ! But he who hurts a harmlefs...

...were to continue them to its end i I mean — li 2 "Curfl r '< Curft be the verfe, how well foe'cr it flow, " That tends to make one worthy man my foe ; " Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, "Or from the foft-cyed virgin fteal a tear." POPE. What this man has done...

...-I choofe but fmiley When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by. my ftyle ? Curfl be the verfe, how well foe'er it flow,. That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue fcandal, innocence a fear, Or from the foft-,eyed virgin fleal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmlcfs...

...can I chuse but smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well sof'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 285 Or from the soft-ey'd virgin steal a tear! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults...

...smile, When ev'ry coxcomb knows me by my Style ? Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That lends to make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, 2-85 Or from the soft-ey 'd virgin steal a tear ! But he who hurts a harmless neighbour's peace, Insults...

...following passage from .the same poet: Curs'd be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends io make one worthy man my foe, Give virtue scandal, innocence a fear, Or from the soft-cy'd virgin steal a tear. The. first line in this passage, I say, must be pronounced with all...

...expressly against him, so remarkabl. for their excellence and their cruelty, repeating this couplet: ' Cunt be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy nun my foe.' The ingenuous critic insisted on his taking them again: ' for,' said he, ' my associates...

...than any in this world, to adhere to the poet's honest and laudable deprecation: 9 " Curst be l.he verse, how well soe'er it flow, " That tends to make...Give Virtue scandal, Innocence a fear, " Or from the soft-eyed virgin steal a tear!" RACHEL HUNTER. Norwich, June I, 1803. A DIALOGUE • THE AUTHOR AND...