The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: In Nine Volumes Complete, with His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 4. köideA. Millar, J. and R. Tonson, C. Bathurst, R. Baldwin, W. Johnston, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, T. Longman, T. Field, and T. Caslon, 1760 |
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... imitate their science . However , thofe earlier RIBALDS raifed an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft : infomuch , that Hermolaus Bar- barus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , used to boaft , that he had invoked ...
... imitate their science . However , thofe earlier RIBALDS raifed an appetite for the Greek language in the Weft : infomuch , that Hermolaus Bar- barus , a paffionate admirer of it , and a noted Critic , used to boaft , that he had invoked ...
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... imitate : But that what he thought faulty in him , he would tell him fairly to his face ; and what deserved praise he would not deny him to the world ; and , as a proof of this difpofition towards him , he had fent him the inclosed ...
... imitate : But that what he thought faulty in him , he would tell him fairly to his face ; and what deserved praise he would not deny him to the world ; and , as a proof of this difpofition towards him , he had fent him the inclosed ...
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... imitation , by fome common hand , of the other three . He had himself the malicious pleasure to hear this judgment paffed on his favourite work , by feveral , of his acquaintance ; a plea- fure more to his taste than the flatteries they ...
... imitation , by fome common hand , of the other three . He had himself the malicious pleasure to hear this judgment paffed on his favourite work , by feveral , of his acquaintance ; a plea- fure more to his taste than the flatteries they ...
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... a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton Alexander Pope. SATIRES AND EPISTLES O F HORACE IMITATED . VOL . IV . E Advertisement . TH HE Occafion of publishing these Imitations was.
... a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton Alexander Pope. SATIRES AND EPISTLES O F HORACE IMITATED . VOL . IV . E Advertisement . TH HE Occafion of publishing these Imitations was.
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... Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton Alexander Pope. ( 1 " Advertisement . THE HE Occafion of publishing these Imitations was.
... Improvements, as They Were Delivered to the Editor a Little Before His Death, Together with the Commentary and Notes of Mr. Warburton Alexander Pope. ( 1 " Advertisement . THE HE Occafion of publishing these Imitations was.
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