The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... subject . He who de- scribes malice and villany to be pale and meågre , expresses not the least anger against paleness or lean- nefs , but against malice and villany . The apothe- cary in Romeo and Juliet is poor ; but is he there ...
... subject . He who de- scribes malice and villany to be pale and meågre , expresses not the least anger against paleness or lean- nefs , but against malice and villany . The apothe- cary in Romeo and Juliet is poor ; but is he there ...
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... subject of fatire , when it is the consequence of vice , prodigality , or neglect of one's lawful calling ; for then it increases the public bur- den , fills the streets and highways with robbers , and the garrets with clippers ...
... subject of fatire , when it is the consequence of vice , prodigality , or neglect of one's lawful calling ; for then it increases the public bur- den , fills the streets and highways with robbers , and the garrets with clippers ...
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... subject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM , FASTIDITIS GRATIAM . I am , St. James's , * Dec . 22. 1728 . Your most humble servant , WILLIAM CLELAND * , This gentleman was of Scotland , and ...
... subject and his manner ) VETUSTIS DARE NOVITA- TEM , OBSOLETIS NITOREM , OBSCURIS LUCEM , FASTIDITIS GRATIAM . I am , St. James's , * Dec . 22. 1728 . Your most humble servant , WILLIAM CLELAND * , This gentleman was of Scotland , and ...
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... subject was daily molested , but unmerciful demands were made of his applaufe , yea of his mo- ney , by such as would neither earn the one nor deserve the other . At the fame time , the licence of the press . was such , that it grew ...
... subject was daily molested , but unmerciful demands were made of his applaufe , yea of his mo- ney , by such as would neither earn the one nor deserve the other . At the fame time , the licence of the press . was such , that it grew ...
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... did our author chuse to write his essay on that subject at twenty , and referve for his maturer years this great and wonderful work of the Dunciad . ( k ) See bis Effays , RI- [ 46 ] RICHARDUS ARISTARCHUS OF THE HERO OF THE OF THE РОЕМ .
... did our author chuse to write his essay on that subject at twenty , and referve for his maturer years this great and wonderful work of the Dunciad . ( k ) See bis Effays , RI- [ 46 ] RICHARDUS ARISTARCHUS OF THE HERO OF THE OF THE РОЕМ .
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