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. What Addison thought of the 'little images of Ridicule' set up against him, the last paragraph of this Essay shows, but the collation of texts shows that he did flinch a little. We now see how he modified many expressions in the reprint of this Essay upon the

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[No. 86]Friday, June 8, 1711Addison

Heu quam difficile est crimen non prodere vultu!
Ovid.

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