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SCG-C.733.049
30 Jun-7 Jul 1733:11, 12 (77)
Hudibras (says a learned author) has defined nonsence, as
Cowley does wit, by negatives. . . [1 column]
On the contrary, your high nonsence blusters and makes a
noise; it stalks upon hard words, and rattles thro'
polysylables. It is loud and sonorous, smooth and
periodical. It has something in it like manliness and
force, and makes on think of Sir Hercules Nonsence in the
play called The Nest of Fools. In a word, your high
nonsence has a majestic appearance, and wears a most
tremendous garb, like Aesop's ass cloathed in a lion's skin.
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