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The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture choose

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[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 18: ’Twas still ignoble to exert his Skill Against the weaker Brethren of the Quill. [Ibid.] 42: Then rouse, ye injur’d Brethren of the Quill, Why all so tame, so indolent and still?
at brother of the quill (n.) under brother (of the)..., n.
[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 28: Poets write [...] Plays without Plots, and Poems without Wit; If quaint the Diction, or span-new the Thought, [...] Full swelling Words a barren Theme may grace.
at span new, adj.
[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 9: He need not want A Crab-tree Cudgel, or an Oaken Plant: Tough answers [...] fit To tame the wildness of ill-natur’d Wit.
at oaken towel, n.
[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 26: Our Barbers would contrive new Wigs for Beaus; Rats-tails and Bobs no longer should be worn.
at rat’s tail (n.) under rat, n.1
[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 4: Her Jacket [...] stunk of Tar; To air her Weeds, [...] A Boat she call’d, and up the Thames she went.
at weeds, n.
[UK] ‘Hercules Vinegar’ The Cudgel or Crab-tree Lecture 28: The windy Lines may his admirers charm, And cause ’em [...] to commend The tuneful Nonsense.
at windy, adj.1
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