BOYLE CONTROVERSY
\bˈɔ͡ɪl kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi], \bˈɔɪl kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi], \b_ˈɔɪ_l k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_v_ˌɜː_s_i]\
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Respecting the so-called Epistles of Phdlaris; their genuineness maintained, 1695, by Hon. C. Boyle, afterwards Earl of Orrery, with the help of Atterbury; disproved by Bentley. Dean Swift, who took the wrong side, satirized the B. C, in his Battle of the Books.
By Henry Percy Smith
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