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Rh means incurring the diſpleaſure of Pope, who, as he was the warmeſt friend, was likewiſe a very powerful and implacable enemy. In this controverſy, however, it is evident enough that Mr. MooreMore [sic] was the aggreſſor, and it is likewiſe certain that his puniſhment has been equal to his offence.

He died October 18, 1734, at Whiſter, near Iſleworth in Middleſex, for which county he was a juſtice of peace.

HIS celebrated critic was born in London in the year 1657, his father being a Sadler, and an eminent citizen.

He received his early education at Harrow on the Hill, under the pious and learned Dr. William Horn, having for his ſchoolfellows many young noblemen, who afterwards made a conſiderable figure in the ſtate. He removed from Harrow to Caius College in Cambridge, where he was admitted January 13, 1675, in the 18th year of his age. In due time Mr. Dennis took the degree of bachelor of arts, and after quitting the univerſity he indulged a paſſion which he had entertained for travelling, and ſet out for France and Italy