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  • The first Species of false Wit which I have met with is very venerable for its Antiquity, and has produced several Pieces which have loved very near as long as the Iliad it self: I mean those short Poems printed among the minor Greek Poets, which resemble the Figure of an Egg, a Pair of Wings, an Ax, a Shepherd's

    Spectator, May 7, 1711 1711

  • After a short Time, YOUTH (displaying a Pair of Wings, which I had not before taken notice of) flew off.

    The Spectator, Volume 2. Richard Steele 1700

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