The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... shall conclude with remarking , what a pleasure it must be to every reader of humanity , to see all a- long , that our authour in his very laughter is not ins dulging his own ill - nature , but only punishing that of others . As . to ...
... shall conclude with remarking , what a pleasure it must be to every reader of humanity , to see all a- long , that our authour in his very laughter is not ins dulging his own ill - nature , but only punishing that of others . As . to ...
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... shall here , according to the laudable usage of e- ditors , collect the various judgements of the learned concerning our poet : various indeed , not only of different authors , but of the fame author at different feafons . Nor shall we ...
... shall here , according to the laudable usage of e- ditors , collect the various judgements of the learned concerning our poet : various indeed , not only of different authors , but of the fame author at different feafons . Nor shall we ...
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... shall defer writing the life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what parents or education he had , or whether he had any education or parents at all . Proceed we to what is more certain , his works , though not ...
... shall defer writing the life of our Poet , till authors can determine among themselves what parents or education he had , or whether he had any education or parents at all . Proceed we to what is more certain , his works , though not ...
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... shall fade Its colours : gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy fad distress , And Venus shall the texture bless , & c .. ( 5 ) Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Ho- mer , 1717. ( 1 ) Painted 1728 , p . 12 . ( u ) Alma ...
... shall fade Its colours : gently has he laid The mantle o'er thy fad distress , And Venus shall the texture bless , & c .. ( 5 ) Letter to B. B. at the end of the Remarks on Pope's Ho- mer , 1717. ( 1 ) Painted 1728 , p . 12 . ( u ) Alma ...
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... shall it suffice to mention the indefatigable Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE , Kt . Who ( though otherwise a severe cenfurer of our au- thor ) yet styleth this a " laudable tranflation ( x ) . " That ready writer Mr. OLDMIXΟΝ , in his ...
... shall it suffice to mention the indefatigable Sir RICHARD BLACKMORE , Kt . Who ( though otherwise a severe cenfurer of our au- thor ) yet styleth this a " laudable tranflation ( x ) . " That ready writer Mr. OLDMIXΟΝ , in his ...
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