Chapter VI
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'Tis not when two like Words make up one Noise; Jests for _Dutch Men_, and _English Boys_. In which, who finds out _Wit_, the same may see In _An'grams_ and _Acrostiques Poetry_. Much less can that have any Place, At which a _Virgin_ hides her Face; Such _Dross_ the _Fire_ must purge away; 'Tis just The _Author blush_, there where the _Reader_ must.
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An Essay towards Fixing the True Standards of Wit, Humour, Railery, Satire, and Ridicule (1744)Chapter VI
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