The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: ...A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, 1789 |
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... dull : And what it had no fooner faid , but they them ... selves were at great pains to procure , or even pur- chase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of it . I should still have been filent , if either I ...
... dull : And what it had no fooner faid , but they them ... selves were at great pains to procure , or even pur- chase room in the prints , to testify under their hands to the truth of it . I should still have been filent , if either I ...
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... a few who are . Accord- ingly we find , that , in all ages , all vain pretenders , were they ever so poor , or ever so dull , have been constantly } ' ! constantly the topics of the most candid fatirists , from 8 A LETTER.
... a few who are . Accord- ingly we find , that , in all ages , all vain pretenders , were they ever so poor , or ever so dull , have been constantly } ' ! constantly the topics of the most candid fatirists , from 8 A LETTER.
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... 8 , 1728 ) " publish such an authoras he has least studied , and ( z ) Vid . pref , to Mr. Tickel's tranflation of the first book of the Iliad , 4to . " forget forget to difcharge even the dull duty of an editor 24 TESTIMONIES.
... 8 , 1728 ) " publish such an authoras he has least studied , and ( z ) Vid . pref , to Mr. Tickel's tranflation of the first book of the Iliad , 4to . " forget forget to difcharge even the dull duty of an editor 24 TESTIMONIES.
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... Alexander Pope. forget to difcharge even the dull duty of an editor . " In this project let him lend the bookfeller his name ( for a competent sum of money ) to promote the " credit of an exorbitant fubscription . " Gentle reader ...
... Alexander Pope. forget to difcharge even the dull duty of an editor . " In this project let him lend the bookfeller his name ( for a competent sum of money ) to promote the " credit of an exorbitant fubscription . " Gentle reader ...
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... dull " and unjust abuse of a person who wrote in defence " of our religion and constitution , and who has been " dead many years . " This seemeth also most un- true ; it being known to divers , that these Memoirs were written at the ...
... dull " and unjust abuse of a person who wrote in defence " of our religion and constitution , and who has been " dead many years . " This seemeth also most un- true ; it being known to divers , that these Memoirs were written at the ...
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