The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... some care of an orphan of so much genius and spirit , which its parent seems to have abandoned from the very beginning , and fuffered to step into the world naked , unguarded , and unattended . A 2 It It was upon reading fome of the ...
... some care of an orphan of so much genius and spirit , which its parent seems to have abandoned from the very beginning , and fuffered to step into the world naked , unguarded , and unattended . A 2 It It was upon reading fome of the ...
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... some things of little con- cern peradventure to thee , and some of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infift upon fuch , and how material they feem to themselves ...
... some things of little con- cern peradventure to thee , and some of as little even to him ; I entreat thee to confider how minutely all true critics and commentators are wont to infift upon fuch , and how material they feem to themselves ...
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... some antiquated Mufe , whohad fued out a divorce from fome superannuated sinner , upon account of impotence , and who being poxed by " her former fpouse , has got the gout in her decre- " pit age , which makes her hobble so damnably ...
... some antiquated Mufe , whohad fued out a divorce from fome superannuated sinner , upon account of impotence , and who being poxed by " her former fpouse , has got the gout in her decre- " pit age , which makes her hobble so damnably ...
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... some months fince , is a masterpiece in " its kind . The observations follow one another , " like those in Horace's art of poetry , without that " methodical regularity which would have been re- quifite in a prose writer . They are some ...
... some months fince , is a masterpiece in " its kind . The observations follow one another , " like those in Horace's art of poetry , without that " methodical regularity which would have been re- quifite in a prose writer . They are some ...
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... some thousands of pounds for the fame . " I believe the gentleman did not share in the profits " of this extravagant fubfcription . " After the Iliad he undertook ( faith MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 , 1728 ) " the sequel of that work , the ...
... some thousands of pounds for the fame . " I believe the gentleman did not share in the profits " of this extravagant fubfcription . " After the Iliad he undertook ( faith MIST'S JOURNAL , June 8 , 1728 ) " the sequel of that work , the ...
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