The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... sets up for being handfome ; and fo must dulness when he fets up for a wit . They are not ridiculed , because ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure , but because it is just to un- deceive and vindicate the honest and ...
... sets up for being handfome ; and fo must dulness when he fets up for a wit . They are not ridiculed , because ridicule in itself is , or ought to be , a pleasure , but because it is just to un- deceive and vindicate the honest and ...
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... decla- ration of fuch assistance ; verily those who set it on foot , or ( as the term is ) secured it , to wit , the Right VOL . III . Honourable C 1 Honourable the Lord Viscount HARCOURT , were he living OF AUTHORS . 23.
... decla- ration of fuch assistance ; verily those who set it on foot , or ( as the term is ) secured it , to wit , the Right VOL . III . Honourable C 1 Honourable the Lord Viscount HARCOURT , were he living OF AUTHORS . 23.
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... set on his head , and to be hunted down as a wild beast ( i ) . Another protests , that he does not know what may happen ; advises him to in- fure his person ; fays he has bitter enemies , and ex- pressly declares it will be well if he ...
... set on his head , and to be hunted down as a wild beast ( i ) . Another protests , that he does not know what may happen ; advises him to in- fure his person ; fays he has bitter enemies , and ex- pressly declares it will be well if he ...
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... set of men who ne- ver fcrupled to vend either calumny or blafphemy , as long as the town would call for it . ( a ) Now our author , living in those times , did con- ceive it an endeavour well worthy an honest fatirist , to diffuade the ...
... set of men who ne- ver fcrupled to vend either calumny or blafphemy , as long as the town would call for it . ( a ) Now our author , living in those times , did con- ceive it an endeavour well worthy an honest fatirist , to diffuade the ...
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... set of four pieces , were wont to make the last a fatiric tra- gedy . Happily one of these ancient Dunciads ( as we may well term it ) is come down unto us amongst the tragedies of the poet Euripides . And what doth the reader suppose ...
... set of four pieces , were wont to make the last a fatiric tra- gedy . Happily one of these ancient Dunciads ( as we may well term it ) is come down unto us amongst the tragedies of the poet Euripides . And what doth the reader suppose ...
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